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See also:LAMBERT, See also:DANIEL (1770-1809) , an Englishman famous for his See also:great See also:size, was See also:born near See also:Leicester on the 13th of See also:March 1770, the son of the keeper of the jail, to which See also:post he succeeded in 1791. About this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time his size and See also:weight increased enormously, and though he had led an active and athletic See also:life he weighed in 1793 See also:thirty-two See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone (448 ih). In 18o6 he resolved to profit by his notoriety, and resigning his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office went up to See also:London and exhibited himself. He died on the 21st of See also:July 1809, and at the time measured 5 ft. 1r in. in height and weighed 52$ stone (739 lb). His waistcoat, now in the See also:Kings See also:Lynn Museum, See also:measures 102 in. See also:round the See also:waist. His See also:coffin contained 112 ft. of See also:elm and was built on wheels. His name has been used as a synonym for immensity. See also:George See also:Meredith describes London as the "Daniel Lambert of cities," and See also:Herbert See also:Spencer uses the phrase " a Daniel Lambert of learning." His enormous proportions were depicted on a number of See also:tavern signs, but the best portrait of him, a large See also:mezzotint, is preserved at the See also:British Museum in Lyson's Collectanea.
End of Article: LAMBERT, DANIEL (1770-1809)
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