GORDON (_Alice_), 7 feet. An Essex giantess (died 1737). HALE (_Robert_), 7 feet 6 inches; born at Somerton. Generally called “The Norfolk Giant” (1820-1862). HAR´DRADA (_Harold_), “5 ells of Norway in height” (nearly 8 feet). The Norway giant. LA PIERRE, 7 feet 1 inch; of Stratgard, in Denmark. LOUIS, 7 feet 4 inches. The French giant. His left hand is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons. LOUSHKIN, 8 feet 5 inches. The Russian giant, and drum-major of the Imperial Guards. M’DONALD (_James_), 7 feet 6 inches; of Cork (died 1760). M’DONALD (_Samuel_), 6 feet 10 inches. A Scotchman; usually called “Big Sam” (died 1802). MAGRATH (_Cornelius_), 7 feet 8 inches. He was an orphan, reared by Bishop Berkley, and died at the age of 20 (1740-1760). MAXIMI´NUS, 8 feet 6 inches. The Roman emperor (235-238). MELLON (_Edmund_), 7 feet 6 inches. Born at Port Leicester, Ireland (1665-1684). MIDDLETON (_John_), 9 feet 3 inches. “His hand was 17 inches long, and 8½ inches broad.” He was born at Hale, in Lancashire, in the reign of James I.—Dr. Plott, _History of Staffordshire_. MILLER (_Maximilian Christopher_), 8 feet. His hand measured 12 inches, and his fore-finger 9 inches long. The Saxon giant. Died in London (1674-1734). MURPHY, 8 feet 10 inches. An Irish giant, contemporary with O’Brien. Died at Marseilles. O’BRIEN or _Charles Byrne_, 8 feet 4 inches. The Irish giant. His skeleton is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons (1761-1783). OG, king of Bashan. “His bed was 9 cubits by 4 cubits” (? 13½ feet by 6 feet).—_Deut._ iii. 11. ⁂ The Great Bed of Ware is 12 feet by 12 feet. OSEN (_Heinrich_), 7 feet 6 inches; weight, 300 lbs. or 37-1/4 stone. Born in Norway. PORUS, an Indian king who fought against Alexander near the river Hydaspês (B.C. 327). He was a giant “5 cubits in height” [7½ feet], with strength in proportion.—Quintus Curtius, _De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni_. RIECHART (_J. H._), 8 feet 3 inches, of Friedberg. His father and mother were both giants. SALMERON (_Martin_), 7 feet 4 inches. A Mexican. SAM (_Big_), 6 feet 10 inches. (See “M’Donald.”) SHERIDAN (_Francis_), 7 feet 8 inches. (See “Frank.”) SWAN (_Miss Anne Hanen_), 7 feet 11 inches; of Nova Scotia. ⁂ In 1682, a giant 7 feet 7 inches was exhibited in Dublin. A Swede 8 feet 6 inches was in the body-guard of a king of Prussia. A human skeleton 8 feet 6 inches is preserved in the museum of Trinity College, Dublin. Becanus says he had seen a man nearly 10 feet high, and a woman fully 10 feet. Gasper Bauhin speaks of a Swiss 8 feet in height. Del Rio says he saw a Piedmontes in 1572 more than 9 feet in stature. C.S.F. Warren, M.A., says (in _Notes and Queries_, August 14, 1875) that his father knew a lady 9 feet high; “her head touched the ceiling of a good-sized room.” Vanderbrook says he saw a black man, at Congo, 9 feet high. =Giant of Literature=, Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1783).