Chapter Gesa to Giants in Real Life of G by Brewer's Readers Handbook

(p) Eleazer, 7 cubits (? 10 feet 6 inches). The jewish giant mentioned by Josephus. He lived in the reign of Vitellius.

(q) Eleicegui (Joachim), 7 feet 10 inches. The Spanish giant. Exhibited in London.

(r) Evans (William), 8 feet at death. Porter of Charles I. (died 1632).

(s) Frank (Big), 7 feet 8 inches; weight, 22 stone; girth round the chest, 58 inches. He was an Irishman, whose name was Francis Sheridan (died 1870).

(t) Franz (Louis), 7 feet 6 inches. The French giant.

(u) Gabara, 9 feet 9 inches. An Arabian giant. Pliny says he was the tallest man seen in the days of Claudius.

(v) Gilly, 8 feet. A Swede; exhibited in the early part of the nineteenth century.

(w) Goliath, 6 cubits and a span (? 9 feet 4 inches).—1 Sam. xvii. 4, etc. His “brother” was also a giant.—2 Sam. xxi. 19; I Chron. xx. 5. But if the cubit was 21 inches, and a span 9 inches, then 6 cubits and a span would amount to 11 ¼ feet.

(x) Gordon (Alice), 7 feet. An Essex giantess (died 1737).

(y) Hales (Robert), 7 feet 6 inches; born at Somerton. Generally called “The Norfolk Giant” (1820–1862).

(z) Hardrada (Harold), “5 ells of Norway in height” (nearly 8 feet). The Norway giant.

(2a) Holmes (Benjamin), of Northumberland, 7 feet 6 inches, died 1892, aged 60. He was sword-bearer of the Corporation of Worcester.

(3a) Jenkins, 7 feet 6 inches. Clerk in the Bank of England. Buried in the garden, to save the corpse from resurrectionists. The Bank garden was the original churchyard of St. Christopher.

(4a) La Pierre, 7 feet I inch; of Stratgard, in Denmark.

(5a) Louis, 7 feet 6 inches. The French giant. The same as Louis Franz (t), who was also called “Mons. Louis.” His left hand is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons.

(6a) Loushkin, 8 feet 5 inches. The Russian giant, and drum-major of the Imperial Guards.

(7a) Mdonald (James), 7 feet 6 inches; of Cork (died 1760).

(8a) M’donald (Samuel), 6 feet 10 inches. A Scotchman; usually called “Big Sam” (died 1802). Prince of Wales’s footman.

(9a) Magrath (Cornelius), 7 feet 8 inches. He was an orphan, reared by bishop Berkley, and died at the age of 20 (1737–1760).

(2b) Marian, 8 feet 2 inches. Played in Babil and Bijou about 14 years ago; died in Germany at the age of 17.

(3b) Maximinus, 8 feet 6 inches. The Roman emperor (235–238).

(4b) Mellon (Edmund), 7 feet 6 inches Born at Fort Leicester, Ireland (1665–1684).

(5b) Middleton (John), 9 feet 3 inches. “His hand was 17 inches long, and 8 ½ inches broad.” He was born at Hale, in Lancashire, in the reign of James I.—Dr. Plott: History of Staffordshire.