It is this intellectual quality which gives it so large a place in universal history] Using the word in a somewhat broader sense, we may define the Renaissance as the reentrance into the world of that secular, inquiring, self-reliant spirit which characterized the life and culture of classical antiquity.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 July 15, 1940) was a man who, to this day, is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
Green name - Tallest living person at one point from 1900 onwards. Robert Wadlow - 8 feet 11.1 inches (272cm) Robert Wadlow (Born Robert Pershing Wadlow on 22 February 1918 â died 15 July 1940) is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He is often known as the Alton Giant because of his Alton, Illinois hometown. Robert Wadlow reached 8 feet 11.1 inches (272 cm) in height and weighed 490 pounds (220 kg) at his death.