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Albert Johan Kramer - 7'9.5" (237.5 cm)
Albert Johan Kramer was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on the 15th of June 1897. He had one brother and four sisters. His birth weight was 8.5 kg (19 lbs). At the age of 7 he was already 2 m. (6 ft. 7 in.) tall and at the age of 21 his heigth was 2.28 m. (7 ft. 6 in.). His final height was 2.42 m. (8 ft.), although his maximum reported height was 2.69 m. (8 ft. 9¾ in.) (1). He weighed 165 kg (364 lbs).
He worked as a vaudeville artist in the Netherlands, Germany, UK and USA. His artists’ names were Lofty (UK) and Jan van Albert (USA, Europe) In 1920, he met his wife Wilhelmina Fässler (born on the 1st of March 1896) who lived in and was born in Appenzell in Switzerland. Her brother, Josef, born in 1894 was a hypopituitary midget with a final height of 87 cm (2 ft 10 in)(2). Josef Fässler was also a vaudeville artist and called himself “Seppetoni”# and together with his brother in law he acted in showbusines. In the UK, Kramer worked together with another midget, Fred Aslett (also known as “Pip”), who was claimed to be 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) tall. The Swiss anthropologist Schlaginhaufen examined Kramer in July 1923 in Albisgütli (Switzerland) (3). He was able to register 40 anthropometric data except his overall height, because of “Geschäftsgeheimnis” (professional secrecy), reported by Kramer himself as 2.54 m.(8 ft. 4 in.). On the basis of the anthropometric measurements, Kramer was characterized by von Schlaginhaufen as: “Brachykephalie, Leptoprosopie, Mesenie, Lepto- bis Hyperleptorrhinie, Dolochocheirie, helle Iris (Martin 13-14), blonde Haare (ca. M. Fischer-Saller)”. Like other authors, he also was convinced that Kramer did not suffer from acromegaly (1;3).
Kramer was still alive in 31 August 1958. At that time his height was 2.44 m. (8 ft. 1 in.) (3-5). It is believed he died in 1965.
#: In those days 3 Seppetoni’s lived in the Oberegg area in Switzerland: Seppetoni Fässler, Herisau, 1894 - ? (87 cm); Seppetoni Bischofberger, Sulzbach, Oberegg; 15 March 1868 - 20 April 1940 (85 cm), who stayed in Gasthof Falken together with Kathrieli Bischofberger, Sulzbach, Oberegg; 25 November 1869 - 9 Februari 1944 and finally: Seppetoni Leuch, Oberegg, 1896 - ? (103 cm).
Reference List
1. Holländer E. Wunder Wundergeburt und Wundergestalt. 1 ed. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1921.
2. Gigon A. Über Zwergwuchs und Riesenwuchs. Mit einem Beitrag zum Studium verwandter Entwicklungsstörungen im Organismus. Arch Neurol Psych 1921; 9:283-303.
3. Schlaginhaufen O. none. Bulletin der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie und Ethnologie 1958;(35).
4. Sliggers BC, Wertheim AA. De Tentoongestelde Mens. Reuzen en dwergen en andere wonderen der natuur. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 1993.
5. de Herder WW. Reuzengroei. een historische en medische beschouwing. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2004; 148(52):2585-2590.
Many thanks to W.W. de Herder.
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"Acromegaly and gigantism in the medical literature. Case descriptions in the era before and the early years after the initial publication of Pierre Marie (1886)" by Wouter W. de Herder.
Department of Internal Medicine, Sector of Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, ‘s Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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31st May 1947: The extremely tall Albert Johan Kramer and his very short friend take a call from a telephone box. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4375 - Afternoon With A Giant - pub. 1947
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Original caption: The world's tallest man at over 9ft, Ian van Albert, plays billiards against Fred Aslett who stands 3ft tall.
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