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| Birthday |
15th December, 1811
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| Died |
25th April, 1859
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| Buried |
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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James D. Porter, known as "Big Jim" Porter (December 15, 1811 – April 25, 1859) was an American tavern keeper and coach driver. in the mid-nineteenth century and internationally famous as the tallest man in the country. Porter stood 7 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 300 pounds, had hands 13 inches long from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger and feet that were 14 ½ inches long. Upon meeting him, Charles Dickens wrote in his 1842 travelogue American Notes and Pictures of Italy that Porter walked in a crowd as a lighthouse among lampposts.
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