RT Journal
A1 Bowmer EJ
T1 DAniel lambert, the great
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD November 3
VO 210
IS 5
SP 906
OP 906
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160310094028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160310094028
AB To the Editor:— 
    Liddle's letter on "The Better Things of Life" (207: 2440, 1969) about Arthur Armitage, officially recognized as the fattest man in Britain at 525 lb, recalls another Englishman famous for his great weight. Daniel Lambert, born at Stamford near Leicester on March 13, 1770, succeeded his father as jail-keeper in 1791. Although he always led an active athletic life, by 1793 he weighed 448 lb. By 1809 when he died, he weighed 739 lb (52 stones 11 pounds, Fig 1). His vital statistics are recorded on his tombstone (Fig 2). So great were his dimensions that his coffin, built on wheels, required 112 feet of elm wood. His waistcoat measuring 102 inches round the waist is now in the museum at Kings Lynn and his best portrait, a large mezzotint, is preserved by The British Museum. His name has become part of the language: George Meredith describes