Charles Byrne grew to be 7'7" (2.31m) tall.
Sources
- Statement on the skeleton of Charles Byrne from the Board of Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (rcseng.ac.uk)
- https://hunterianmuseum.org/news/statement-on-the-skeleton-of-charles-byrne-from-the-board-of-trustees-of-the-hunterian-collection (hunterianmuseum.org)
- https://www.sciencealert.com/irish-giant-finally-finds-some-privacy-200-years-after-body-snatching-incident (sciencealert.com)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3443342 (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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