Daniel Lambert by cfulton
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In June 1809, he died suddenly in Stamford. At the time of his death, he weighed 52 stone 11 lb (739 lb; 335 kg), and his coffin required 112 square feet (10.4 m2) of wood. Despite the coffin being built with wheels to allow easy transport, and a sloping approach being dug to the grave, it took 20 men almost half an hour to drag his casket into the trench, in a newly opened burial ground to the rear of St Martin's Church. While others have since overtaken Daniel Lambert's record as the heaviest person in history, he remains a popular character in Leicester, and in 2009 was described by the Leicester Mercury as "one of the city's most cherished icons".
Lambert's friends paid for a large gravestone, inscribed:
In Remembrance of that Prodigy in Nature.
DANIEL LAMBERT.
a Native of Leicester:
who was possessed of an exalted and convivial Mind
and in personal Greatness had no Competitor
He measured three Feet one Inch round the Leg
nine Feet four Inches round the Body
and weighed
Fifty two Stone eleven Pounds!
He departed this Life on the 21st of June 1809
Aged 39 years
As a Testimony of Respect this Stone is erected by his Friends in Leicester.
~ extracted from Wikipedia - interesting reading ~
This was one of the few gravestones kept clear of lichen.
Clive
Comments (10)
Ah yes! Famous man here.. I WOULD have shown you his clothes BUT our wonderful Council decided to close the Town Museum! (Not cut their bonuses...NO!)So, I couldn't.. But I do have a picture somewhere.. This is a fine picture, nice postwork mate! Rob
Very odd, as i was looking at your gravestones yesterday I was wondering if you had got this one...now its here! lol I wish you could have see his clothes...we got lucky and got into the Museum JUST in time!
Very cool and interesting
Interesting monochrome photograph!
A great and interesting shot and info Clive. May he rest in peace.
Excellent capture and information!
Great Scott! Amazing.
Gives one a warm feeling seeing the ongoing respect...
My what interesting reading of Daniel Lambert on Wikipedia. Wonderful capture. Thank you for sharing all your captures Clive. God Bless.
What a find. Touching story.