Post by strange on Nov 22, 2010 15:07:23 GMT -5
Washington was 6'2" and over 190 pounds according to virtually all of my readings. Jefferson was 6'3" and a half inch and quite massive also, not that he really did much with it except look pretty. I don't recall Jefferson being too physically laborious as someone like Washington, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, etc.
Its starting to get hard for me to estimate Custer's weight at various years, because on one hand his cheek bones became more prominent as he got older, indicating weight loss for most people, but then again also his head started looking smaller indicating widening shoulders and the rest of the body. He certainly did get taller after his cadet years in my estimation, but I still have difficulty estimating weight because the youthful Custer looked more plump yet the older Custer may have gained more muscle and bone density.
Either way, that Cadet uniform was a nasty tight fit back when he was wearing it, and given to some shrinkage... its even worse today.
And Wiggs...
I think Washington's weight was probably the more impressive thing of his time. Height and weight were both lowered a bit during the time of the Revolution because it was a new country and I imagine not so many stores were available especially ten, especially also transportation and trustworthy roads and things probably kept food from reaching more people as well as quite a few other things. Washington wasn't much scarce for eating because he came from a wealthy family. Then again, Andrew Jackson was supposed to be poor but he turned out rather big and tall also.
As for other generations like the 1800s, I think most people basically look the same as they do now except our modern fat people are not as healthy as the fat people from previous generations. There's lots of guys like Winfield Scott who weighed nearly four hundred pounds and still made it to their eighties or nineties (and while not losing the weight no less). I don't see very many old people who weigh over 240 pounds. I suppose Idi Amin maybe died in his 70s or 80s while weighing over 300 or 400 pounds, but that would be the rare example I've seen.
Strange
Its starting to get hard for me to estimate Custer's weight at various years, because on one hand his cheek bones became more prominent as he got older, indicating weight loss for most people, but then again also his head started looking smaller indicating widening shoulders and the rest of the body. He certainly did get taller after his cadet years in my estimation, but I still have difficulty estimating weight because the youthful Custer looked more plump yet the older Custer may have gained more muscle and bone density.
Either way, that Cadet uniform was a nasty tight fit back when he was wearing it, and given to some shrinkage... its even worse today.
And Wiggs...
I think Washington's weight was probably the more impressive thing of his time. Height and weight were both lowered a bit during the time of the Revolution because it was a new country and I imagine not so many stores were available especially ten, especially also transportation and trustworthy roads and things probably kept food from reaching more people as well as quite a few other things. Washington wasn't much scarce for eating because he came from a wealthy family. Then again, Andrew Jackson was supposed to be poor but he turned out rather big and tall also.
As for other generations like the 1800s, I think most people basically look the same as they do now except our modern fat people are not as healthy as the fat people from previous generations. There's lots of guys like Winfield Scott who weighed nearly four hundred pounds and still made it to their eighties or nineties (and while not losing the weight no less). I don't see very many old people who weigh over 240 pounds. I suppose Idi Amin maybe died in his 70s or 80s while weighing over 300 or 400 pounds, but that would be the rare example I've seen.
Strange
