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Martin Van Buren Bates (November 9, 1837 – January 19, 1919), known as the Kentucky Giant, was an American man notable for his great height. He was 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) tall [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and weighed 475 lb (215 kg).
Martin Van Buren Bates began a tremendous growth spurt about the age of 6 or 7. By the time he was 12, he was more than 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. In time he would be 7'9" and weigh approximately ...
Anna Haining Bates (née Swan; August 6, 1846 – August 5, 1888) was a Canadian woman notable for her great stature of 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was one of the tallest women who ever lived .
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, [1] [2] Martin began her formal art studies at the age of 12 with Stanley Royale, who taught at Mount Allison University.Bates subsequently studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium, at the Sorbonne in Paris, and at the Pratt Graphic Art Center in New York.
Martin Bates may refer to: Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919), American giant; Martin W. Bates (1786–1869), U.S. Senator from Delaware; See also.
Martin Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York, [5] about 20 miles (32 km) south of Albany in the Hudson River Valley. His father, Abraham Van Buren, was a descendant of Cornelis Maessen, a native of Buurmalsen, Netherlands, who had emigrated to New Netherland in 1631 and purchased a plot of land on Manhattan Island.
He’s long resisted the kind of life-story treatment of a film like “STEVE!” But Martin, 78, grants he’s now at that time of life where you can’t help it. Even if reliving some things smarts.
Kathy Bates. 1991/2024. We know Kathy Bates today for her prominent roles in films like Misery (1990), Titanic (1997) and About Schmidt (2002). But before she was an Oscar-winning star, Bates was ...