1. 九呎巨人 羅勃特潘興華洛 1918-1940 組員： 林莉芳 9347003 詹雅鈞 9347005 蔡依婷 9347031
九呎巨人 羅勃特潘興華洛
組員：
林莉芳
詹雅鈞
蔡依婷
陳慧玲
徐俊煌
楊玫娟
許淯珊

2. 1981
Robert was born February 22, 1918 to Harold
F. and Addie (Johnson) Wadlow on Monroe
Street in Alton, Illinois, weighing 8.7 pounds.
1919
When Robert began to walk he weighed 40 lbs.
The family lived in Roxana, Illinois.

3. 1923
At 5 years of age, attending kindergarten, Robert was 5'
6 1/2" tall. He wore clothes that would fit a 17 year old
boy.
1928
Ten years old. Robert weighed 210 pounds and was 6' 5“
tall. His shoes were size 17 1/2.
1929
Robert takes his first airplane ride.
Just before his 12th birthday Robert had his first checkup
at Barnes Hospital (St. Louis), where the family learned of
his over-active pituitary gland that caused his fantastic
growth.

4.
Robert sold magazines to earn money for a savings
account. In 1931 the banks failed, and he lost his
savings. He gave up the magazine business.
1931
At the age of 13, and a member of the Boy Scouts,
he was the largest Boy Scout in the world. His
weight was 270 pounds, and his height was 7' 4".
It took 14 yards of 36" wide material to make his
Boy Scout uniform.

5. 1933
Robert received the largest birthday postcard
ever delivered by the Alton Post Office. It
measured 14" x 22".
Robert attended the World's fair in Chicago.
It took two turns and 20¢ to get Robert through
the turnstile.
Robert became Advertising Manager of the
Tatler - Alton High School Year Book. He
graduated in the January class,
In February, Robert enrolled in Shurtleff College.

6. 1937
Robert and his father made an extensive trip
west, including Hollywood and most of the
western states, as a goodwill ambassador for
International Shoe Company. Thereafter, the
firm made his shoes free of charge.
1940
Robert Wadlow died July 15, His weight
was 490 pounds, his height was 8' 11.1". He
was buried July 19, 1940 in Upper Alton Cemetery.

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