Chapter Durandal to Dysmas of D by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Gibson (Richard) and his wife Anne Shepherd. Neither of them 4 feet. Gibson was a noted portrait- painter, and a page of the back-stairs in the court of Charles I. The king honoured the wedding with his presence; and they had nine children (1615–1690).

Design or chance makes others wive,
But Nature did this match contrive.
   —Waller (1642).

Haupman (John). Height 36 inches. Exhibited with Nannette Stocker, in 1815.

Hudson (Sir Geoffrey), 18 inches. He was born at Oakham, in Rutlandshire (1619–1678). Dwarf of queen Henrietta Maria.

Jarvis (John). Height 24 inches. Page of honour to Queen Mary. Died 1560, at the age of 57.

Lolkes (Wybrand). Height 27 inches, weight 56 lbs. Exhibited at Astley’s in 1790.

Lucius, 2 feet, weight 17 lbs. The dwarf of the emperor Augustus.

Midgets (The). Exhibited in London, 1881. Lucia Zarate, height 20 inches, weight 4 ¾ lbs, age 18; general Mite, height 21 inches, weight 9 lbs, age 17.

Morgan (Lady), the celebrated Windsor fairy. Height 36 inches at the age of 40. Introduced to George III. in 1781.

Paap (Simon), the Dutch dwarf. Height 23 inches, weight 27 lbs. Exhibited in England in 1815.

Philetas, a poet so thin that “he wore leaden shoes to prevent being blown away by the wind” (died B.C. 280).

Philips (Calvin) weighed less than 2 lbs. His thighs were not thicker than a man’s thumb. He was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1791.

Ritchie (David), 3 feet 6 inches. Native of Tweeddale.

Stocker (Nannette). Height 33 inches. Exhibited in London in 1815.

Souvray (Therese), described by Virey.

Stöberin (C. H.) of Nuremberg was less than 3 feet at the age of 20. His father, mother, brothers, and sisters were all under the medium height.

Strasse Davit Family (The). Man 20 inches high, woman 18 inches, child (at 17 years of age) only 6 inches. Embalmed in the chemical library of Rastadt.

Teresia (Mde.), a Corsican. Height 34 inches, weight 27 lbs. Exhibited in London in 1773.

Thumb (General Tom). His real name was Charles S. Stratton; 25 inches, weight 25 lbs. at the age of 25. Born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, in 1838. Exhibited in London in 1844. He died in Massachusetts in 1883, aged 45. He married little Betty Bump, who was exhibited under the name of Lavinia Warren. She was left a widow in 1883, and in 1885 married count Primo Magri, who was 32 inches in height.

Thumb (Tom), 2 feet 4 inches. A Dutch dwarf, master of four languages.

Wanmer (Lucy). Height 30 inches, weight 45 lbs. at the age of 53. Exhibited in 1801.

Wormberg (John). Height 31 inches at the age of 38. In the Hanoverian period.