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.
Here are the top 10 tallest people in the world that are still currently living. Born on December 18, 1980, Neil Fingleton is an English actor and former basketball player. He holds the record as the tallest British-born man ever to exist at 7 foot, 7.5 inches. This title has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records, replacing Christopher Greener who stands at 7 foot, 6.25 inches tall.