Английская Википедия:Daniel Lambert

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Daniel Lambert (Шаблон:Nowrap 1770 – Шаблон:Nowrap 1809) was an English gaol keeperШаблон:Refn and animal breeder from Leicester, famous for his unusually large size. After serving four years as an apprentice at an engraving and die casting works in Birmingham, he returned to Leicester around 1788 and succeeded his father as keeper of Leicester's gaol. He was a keen sportsman and extremely strong; on one occasion he fought a bear in the streets of Leicester. He was an expert in sporting animals, widely respected for his expertise with dogs, horses and fighting cocks.

At the time of Lambert's return to Leicester, his weight began to increase steadily, even though he was athletically active and, by his own account, abstained from drinking alcohol and did not eat unusual amounts of food. In 1805, Lambert's gaol closed. By this time, he weighed Шаблон:Convert, and had become the heaviest authenticated person up to that point in recorded history. Unemployable and sensitive about his bulk, Lambert became a recluse.

In 1806, poverty forced Lambert to put himself on exhibition to raise money. In Шаблон:Nowrap, he took up residence in London, charging spectators to enter his apartments to meet him. Visitors were impressed by his intelligence and personality, and visiting him became highly fashionable. After some months on public display, Lambert grew tired of exhibiting himself, and in Шаблон:Nowrap, he returned, wealthy, to Leicester, where he bred sporting dogs and regularly attended sporting events. Between 1806 and 1809, he made a further series of short fundraising tours.

In June 1809, he died suddenly in Stamford, Lincolnshire. At the time of his death, he weighed Шаблон:Convert, and his coffin required Шаблон:Convert of wood. Despite the coffin being built with wheels to allow easy transport, and a sloping approach being dug to the grave, it took 20 men almost half an hour to drag his casket into the trench, in a newly opened burial ground to the rear of St Martin's Church. While others have since overtaken Daniel Lambert's record as the heaviest person in history, he remains a popular character in Leicester, and in 2009 was described by the Leicester Mercury as "one of the city's most cherished icons".

Biography

Early life

Daniel Lambert was born at his parents' house in Blue Boar Lane, Leicester, on 13 March 1770.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn His father, also named Daniel Lambert, had been the huntsman to Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford, and at the time of his son's birth was the keeper of Leicester's gaol.Шаблон:Sfn The eldest of four children, Daniel Lambert had two sisters, and a brother who died young.Шаблон:Sfn

At the age of eight he was a keen swimmer,Шаблон:Sfn and for much of his life he taught local children to swim.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert's paternal uncle—like his father—also worked with animals, but as a professional gamekeeper; his maternal grandfather was a breeder of champion fighting cocks.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert grew up with a strong interest in field sports,Шаблон:Sfn and was particularly fond of otter hunting, fishing, shooting and horse racing.Шаблон:Sfn From his early teens, Lambert was a keen sportsmanШаблон:Sfn and by his late teens he was considered an expert in the breeding of hunting dogs.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1784, he was apprenticed to Messrs Taylor & Co, an engraving and die casting works in Birmingham owned by a Mr Benjamin Patrick. The engraved buckles and buttons in which Patrick's factory specialised became unfashionable, however, and the business went into decline.Шаблон:Sfn In 1788, Lambert returned to Leicester, to serve as his father's assistant at the gaol (some sources date Lambert's return to Leicester to 1791, following the destruction of the building housing Messrs Taylor & Co in the Priestley Riots of Шаблон:Nowrap).Шаблон:Sfn His father retired soon afterwards and Lambert succeeded him as gaol keeper.Шаблон:Sfn The younger Daniel Lambert was a much-respected gaoler; he befriended many of the prisoners, and made every effort to help them when they went to trial.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn

Weight

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Cartoon of Lambert of May 1806, "Two wonders of the world, or a specimen of a new troop of Leicestershire Light Horse"

Although by his own account Lambert did not eat unusually large amounts of food, at about the time of his return to Leicester his weight began to increase steadily, and by 1793, he weighed Шаблон:Convert. Concerned for his fitness, in his spare time he devoted himself to exercise, building his strength to the point where he was able to easily carry Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn On one occasion, while he was watching a dancing bear on display in Blue Boar Lane, his dog slipped loose and bit it. The bear knocked the dog to the ground, and Lambert asked its keeper to restrain it so he could retrieve his wounded animal, but the keeper removed the bear's muzzle so it could attack the dog.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert reportedly struck the bear with a pole and with his left hand, punched its head, knocking it to the ground to allow the dog to escape.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn

Despite his increasingly large girth, Lambert remained fit and active, once walking Шаблон:Convert from Woolwich to the City of London "with much less apparent fatigue than several middle-sized men who were of the party".Шаблон:Sfn Although not particularly agile, he was not significantly restricted by his bulk, and was able to stand on one leg and kick the other to a height of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn He continued to teach swimming in Leicester, and was able to stay afloat with two grown men sitting on his back.Шаблон:Sfn He disliked changing his clothes, and each morning habitually wore the clothes he had worn the day before, regardless of whether they were still wet;Шаблон:Sfn by Lambert's own account he suffered no colds or other ill effects from this behaviour.Шаблон:Sfn

By 1801, Lambert's weight had increased to about Шаблон:Convert, and, as his bulk meant neither he nor his horse were able to keep up with the hunt, he was forced to give up hunting.Шаблон:Sfn He continued to maintain an interest in field sports, keeping a pack of 30 terriers.Шаблон:Sfn By this time, although he retained his solid reputation as a gaoler, serious concerns were being raised about his fitness for the post.Шаблон:Sfn Traditional gaols were falling out of favour and being replaced with forced labour institutions, and in 1805, the old Bridewell gaol was closed.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert was left without a job, but was granted an annuity of £50 (about £Шаблон:Inflation as of Шаблон:Inflation-year) a year by the Leicester magistrates, in recognition of his excellent service as gaol keeper.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Inflation-fn

Unemployment

Lambert's girth was then enormous; six men of normal size could fit together inside his waistcoat,Шаблон:Sfn and each of his stockings was the size of a sack.Шаблон:Sfn His £50 annuity did not adequately cover his living costs, and his size prevented him from working.Шаблон:Sfn He became a virtual recluse.Шаблон:Sfn Stories of his bulk had by then begun to spread, and travellers visiting Leicester would use various pretexts to visit his home. One such visitor asked Lambert's servant to allow him entry as he wished to ask Lambert's advice about fighting cocks; Lambert leaned out of the window and told the servant to "tell the gentleman that I am a shy cock".Шаблон:Sfn On another occasion, he admitted into his house a Nottingham man who sought his advice about a mare's pedigree; on realising the man was visiting only to look at him, Lambert told him that the horse in question was "by Impertinence out of Curiosity".Шаблон:Sfn

Sensitive about his weight, Daniel Lambert refused to allow himself to be weighed, but sometime around 1805, some friends persuaded him to come with them to a cock fight in Loughborough. Once he had squeezed his way into their carriage, the rest of the party drove the carriage onto a large scale and jumped out. After deducting the weight of the (previously weighed) empty carriage, they calculated that Lambert's weight was now Шаблон:Convert, and that he had thus overtaken Edward Bright, the Шаблон:Convert "Fat Man of Maldon",Шаблон:Sfn as the heaviest authenticated person in recorded history.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

London

Шаблон:Quote box Despite his shyness, Lambert badly needed to earn money, and saw no alternative to putting himself on display, and charging his spectators.Шаблон:Sfn On 4 April 1806, he boarded a specially built carriage and travelled from LeicesterШаблон:Sfn to his new home at 53 Piccadilly, then near the western edge of London.Шаблон:Sfn For five hours each day, he welcomed visitors into his home, charging each a shilling (about £Шаблон:Inflation as of Шаблон:Inflation-year).Шаблон:Inflation-fn

Lambert shared his interests and knowledge of sports, dogs and animal husbandry with London's middle and upper classes,Шаблон:Sfn and it soon became highly fashionable to visit him, or become his friend.Шаблон:Sfn Many called repeatedly; one banker made 20 visits, paying the admission fee on each occasion.Шаблон:Sfn During this period of English history no real stigma was attached to obesity, and Lambert was generally considered a wonder to be marvelled at, rather than a freak to be gawped or sneered at.Шаблон:Sfn His business venture was immediately successful, drawing around 400 paying visitors per day.Шаблон:Sfn His home was described as having the air of a fashionable resort, rather than that of an exhibition, and he was pleased to find that his customers generally treated him with courtesy, and not simply as a spectacle.Шаблон:Sfn He insisted on maintaining amongst his visitors an atmosphere of civility and all men entering his rooms were obliged to remove their hats.Шаблон:Sfn One visitor refused to remove his "even if the King were present" but Lambert replied that "Then by G——, Sir, you must instantly quit this room, as I do not consider it a mark of respect due to myself, but to the ladies and gentlemen who honor me with their company."Шаблон:Sfn

Lambert's popularity inspired an imitator in "Master Wybrants, Mr. Lambert in miniature", exhibited a short distance away in Sackville Street.Шаблон:Sfn A handbill described Wybrants as "Master Wybrants the Modern Hercules, who at the age of 4 Months weighed 39 pounds, measured 2 feet round the Body 15 Inches round the thigh and 8 Inches round the Arm, to be seen at the corner of Sackville Street Piccadilly".Шаблон:Sfn

People would travel long distances to see him (on one occasion, a party of 14 travelled to London from Guernsey),Шаблон:Refn and many would spend hours speaking with him on animal breeding.Шаблон:Sfn A life-sized waxwork of Lambert was displayed in London, where it became extremely popular.Шаблон:Sfn Daniel Lambert soon became a popular subject with cartoonists, who often depicted him as John Bull.Шаблон:Sfn He mixed well with the upper classes, and on one occasion met King George III.Шаблон:Sfn The King's and Lambert's reactions to this meeting are not recorded.Шаблон:Sfn

Medical examination

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Daniel Lambert during his first exhibition in London

Lambert soon came to the attention of the medical profession, and shortly after his arrival in London, the Medical and Physical Journal published an article about him.Шаблон:Sfn They confirmed that he weighed Шаблон:Convert, and measured his height as Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn A thorough medical examination found that his bodily functions worked correctly, and that he breathed freely.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Lambert was described as active and mentally alert,Шаблон:Sfn well-read, and with an excellent memory.Шаблон:Sfn He was fond of singing,Шаблон:Sfn and had a normal speaking voice which showed no signs of pressure on the lungs.Шаблон:Sfn Doctors found tumefaction of his feet, legs and thighs, and accumulation of fat within the abdomen,Шаблон:Sfn but other than scaly and thickened skin on his legs caused by previous attacks of erysipelas, he had no health problems. Lambert told the doctors that he ate normal quantities of ordinary food.Шаблон:Sfn He claimed that since about 1795 he had drunk nothing but water,Шаблон:Sfn and that even while young, and a regular party-goer, he did not join his fellow revellers in drinking.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert claimed that he was able to walk about a quarter of a mile (400 m) without difficulty.Шаблон:Sfn He slept regularly for no more than eight hours per night, always with his window open, and was never heard to snore;Шаблон:Sfn on waking he was always fully alert within five minutes,Шаблон:Sfn and he never napped during the day.Шаблон:Sfn

Possible causes

It is impossible to be certain about what caused Daniel Lambert's extreme weight, but it is considered unlikely to have been caused by an endocrine (glandular) or genetic disorder.Шаблон:Sfn Other than his weight gain, he showed no symptoms of a thyroid disorder,Шаблон:Sfn and none of his many portraits show the moon face of a patient with Cushing's syndrome.Шаблон:Sfn Patients with Bardet–Biedl syndrome and Prader–Willi syndrome, genetic syndromes which can lead to obesity in patients, also have learning disabilities and muscular weakness, but all those who knew Lambert agreed that he was highly intelligent, was extremely strong physically, and, except for erysipelas and venous insufficiency (varicose veins) in his legs, did not have any health problems.Шаблон:Sfn One contemporary commentator remarked that "Mr. Lambert scarcely knows what it is to be ailing or indisposed".Шаблон:Sfn Lambert's only recorded psychological problem was an occasional "depression of the spirits", during his time in London.Шаблон:Sfn Although he had an aunt and uncle who were overweight, his parents and surviving siblings remained of normal build throughout their lives.Шаблон:Sfn

Consequently, it is likely that Lambert's weight gain was caused not by a physical disorder but by a combination of overeating and a lack of exercise.Шаблон:Sfn Although heavily built in his teens, he began to gain weight only when he took up the relatively sedentary job of prison keeper.Шаблон:Sfn A biography of Lambert published during his lifetime recounted that "it was within a year of this appointment that his bulk received the greatest and most rapid encrease".Шаблон:Sfn Although he claimed to eat little, and to abstain from alcohol, it is likely that a man with his lifestyle and position in society would have eaten large amounts of meat, and drunk beer at social events.Шаблон:Sfn

Józef Boruwłaski

After some months in London, Lambert was visited by Józef Boruwłaski, a Шаблон:Convert dwarf then in his seventies.Шаблон:Sfn Born in 1739 to a poor family in rural Pokuttya,Шаблон:Sfn Boruwłaski was generally considered to be the last of Europe's court dwarfs.Шаблон:Sfn He was introduced to the Empress Maria Theresa in 1754,Шаблон:Sfn and after a short time residing with deposed Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński,Шаблон:Sfn he exhibited himself around Europe, thus becoming a wealthy man.Шаблон:Sfn At age 60, he retired to Durham,Шаблон:Sfn where he became such a popular figure that the City of Durham paid him to live thereШаблон:Sfn and he became one of its most prominent citizens.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn Boruwłaski had a superb memory, and recalled that Lambert, while still employed by Patrick's die casting works and before he grew fat, had paid to see him in Birmingham. Boruwłaski remarked "I have seen this face twenty years before at Birmingham, but certainly it be another body".Шаблон:Sfn He had been told that Lambert's bulk was a hoax, and he therefore felt his leg to prove to himself that it was not. The two men compared their respective outfits, and calculated that one of Lambert's sleeves would provide enough cloth to make an entire coat for Boruwłaski.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert enquired after Boruwłaski's wife, Isalina Barbutan,Шаблон:Sfn whereupon the latter replied "No, she is dead, and I am not very sorry, for when I affront her, she put me on the mantle-shelf for punishment."Шаблон:Sfn

The meeting of Lambert and Boruwłaski, the largest and smallest men in the country,Шаблон:Sfn was the subject of enormous public interest; one newspaper reported that "It was Sir John Falstaff and Tom Thumb, which must have afforded a double treat to the curious".Шаблон:Sfn Boruwłaski lived to see his 98th year, despite the prediction of the money-lender who sold him his annuity that his small stature would make him prone to illness.Шаблон:Sfn

Disillusionment

Шаблон:Quote box Although generally respected by London society, the longer Lambert remained there, the more irritable he became. Shy and self-conscious,Шаблон:Sfn he was annoyed at repeatedly being asked about the size of his clothes.Шаблон:Sfn In answer to one request, to a woman who enquired as to the cost of his coat, he replied "I cannot pretend to charge my memory with the price, but I can put you into a method of obtaining the information you want. If you think proper to make me a present of a new coat, you will then know exactly what it costs".Шаблон:Sfn Another interested spectator claimed that since his entrance fee was paying for Lambert's clothing, he had the right to know about it; Lambert replied "Sir, if I knew what part of my next coat your shilling would pay for, I can assure you I would cut out the piece".Шаблон:Sfn Lambert calculated in 1806 that a full suit of clothes cost him £20,Шаблон:Sfn about £Шаблон:Inflation as of Шаблон:Inflation-year.Шаблон:Inflation-fn

Return to Leicester

Lambert had the acumen to refuse the management offers of various impresarios and agents,Шаблон:Sfn and by Шаблон:Nowrap, he had returned to Leicester as a wealthy man.Шаблон:Sfn He returned to his favourite pastimes, breeding sporting dogs and fighting cocks.Шаблон:Sfn A terrier bitch, for which he was offered 100 guineas (about £Шаблон:Inflation as of Шаблон:Inflation-year),Шаблон:Inflation-fn was said to be the finest in England. He refused to sell the dog, which became his lifetime companion.Шаблон:Sfn He began again to attend sporting events,Шаблон:Sfn as a report on the Leicester Races of September 1806 noted that "Among the distinguished characters upon the turf we were glad to see our old friend, Mr. Daniel Lambert, in apparent high health and spirits". Although too heavy to follow hunts on horseback, he used a portion of the money earned in London to build up a pack of greyhounds, watching from his carriage as they coursed hares in the Leicestershire countryside.Шаблон:Sfn

In December 1806, Lambert went on a brief fundraising tour, and exhibited himself in Birmingham and Coventry. Early the next year he returned to London, and stayed in the fashionable Leicester Square.Шаблон:Sfn There he fell ill; his physician Dr Heaviside felt that his illness might have been caused by the polluted London air, and Lambert returned to Leicester.Шаблон:Sfn He recovered, and later in 1807, made a series of tours of England.Шаблон:Sfn

Шаблон:Quote box In summer 1808, Lambert briefly returned to the capital, where he sold a pair of spaniels for 75 guineas (about £Шаблон:Inflation as of Шаблон:Inflation-year) at Tattersalls.Шаблон:Inflation-fnШаблон:Sfn Later that year, he exhibited himself in York.Шаблон:Sfn In Шаблон:Nowrap, he set off on another tour of East Anglia, to conclude in Stamford during the Stamford Races.Шаблон:Sfn One account suggests that this tour was intended to be his last, as he was then sufficiently wealthy to retire.Шаблон:Sfn While on the tour, Lambert was weighed in Ipswich; his weight was Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn No longer able to use stairs, he took lodgings on the ground floor of the Waggon & Horses inn at 47 High Street, Stamford on 20 June.Шаблон:Sfn

Death

Following his arrival at Stamford, Lambert sent a message to the Stamford Mercury, ordering advertisements and handbills.Шаблон:Sfn Stating that "as the Mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain", he asked the printer to visit him at the Waggon & Horses, to discuss his printing requirements.Шаблон:Sfn That evening, Lambert was in bed and admitted to feeling tired, but nonetheless he was able to discuss his requirements with the printer, and was anxious that the handbills be delivered on time.Шаблон:Sfn

On the morning of 21 June, Lambert woke at his usual time and appeared in good health.Шаблон:Sfn As he began to shave, he complained of breathing difficulties.Шаблон:Sfn Ten minutes later, he collapsed and died.Шаблон:Sfn

There was no autopsy, and the cause of Lambert's death is unknown.Шаблон:Sfn While many sources say that he died of a fatty degeneration of the heart or of stress on his heart caused by his bulk, his behaviour in the period leading to his death does not match that of someone with cardiac insufficiency; witnesses agree that on the morning of his death he appeared well, before he became short of breath and collapsed.Шаблон:Sfn Bondeson (2006) speculates that the most consistent explanation of his death, given his symptoms and medical history, is that he had a sudden pulmonary embolism.Шаблон:Sfn

Burial

Lambert's corpse rapidly began to putrefy. There was no question of his body being returned to Leicester, and so on 22 June, it was placed inside an elm coffin, 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches wide and 2 feet 4 inches deep (193 cm × 132 cm × 71 cm), built on wheels to allow it to be moved.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The coffin was so large that to wheel it out of the inn and to the newly opened burial ground at the rear of St Martin's Church, the window and wall of his apartment were demolished. A suitably sized grave had been dug, with a sloping approach to avoid the need to lower the coffin from above, but on 23 June, it nonetheless took almost half an hour for twenty men to pull Lambert's enormous coffin into the grave.Шаблон:Sfn

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Daniel Lambert's grave

Lambert's friends paid for a large gravestone, inscribed:Шаблон:Blockquote

After death

In late 1809, John Drakard released The life of that wonderful and extraordinary heavy man, the late Danl. Lambert, from his birth to the moment of his dissolution, with an account of men noted for their corpulency, and other interesting matter, the first full biography of Lambert to be released after his death.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert's position as the heaviest person in recorded history was soon overtaken by the American Mills Darden (1799–1857), but Lambert had by now become a cult figure, and virtually every item connected with him was preserved for posterity.Шаблон:Sfn His clothes and possessions were sold at auction to collectors, and many of them are preserved in museums today.Шаблон:Sfn

Across England, many public houses and inns were renamed after Daniel Lambert, particularly in Leicester and Stamford. The Daniel Lambert public house at 12 Ludgate Hill, near the entrance to St Paul's Cathedral in London, was well known, and had a large portrait of Daniel Lambert and Lambert's walking stick on display in the lobby.Шаблон:Sfn James Dixon, owner of the Ram Jam Inn in Stamford, bought the suit of clothes Lambert had been wearing when he died and put it on display, renaming the inn the Daniel Lambert.Шаблон:Sfn

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Print of "Daniel Lambert, of surprising corpulency", published in 1821

The term "Daniel Lambert" entered common use in English speech and writing, to refer to any fat man.Шаблон:Sfn His name continued in this use long after the details of his life had been largely forgotten; in 1852, Charles Dickens remarked that "Lambert's name is known better than his history".Шаблон:Sfn Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby compares the obese George IV to Lambert,Шаблон:Sfn and William Makepeace Thackeray used the term in Vanity Fair to refer to the obese Joseph Sedley,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn and in The Luck of Barry Lyndon to refer to the fat servant Tim.Шаблон:Sfn As time progressed, "Daniel Lambert" came to mean anything exceptionally large; Herbert Spencer's The Study of Sociology used the phrase "a Daniel Lambert of learning",Шаблон:Refn while Thomas Carlyle referred sarcastically to Oliver Cromwell as "this big swollen Gambler and gluttonous hapless 'spiritual Daniel Lambert'".Шаблон:Sfn In 1874, The Times, in reviewing the newly translated French comedy La Fiammina by Mario Uchard in which a character is named "Daniel Lambert", noted that the name is "always associated in the English mind with the notion of obesity", and in 1907, almost 100 years after Lambert's death, the Château de Chambord was referred to as "the Daniel Lambert among châteaux". Nellie Lambert Ensall, at the time the heaviest woman in Britain, claimed in 1910 to be Daniel Lambert's great-granddaughter, but her claim is likely to be untrue; Lambert was unmarried and is unlikely to have had any children.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1838, the English Annual published a series of poems, purportedly written by Lambert and found amongst his papers at the Waggon and Horses after his death. No source published during Lambert's lifetime mentions his having any interest in poetry or in any reading matter other than periodicals on field sports, and it is unclear why his papers should have been with him in Stamford at his death, rather than at his home in Leicester. The discoverer of the poems is credited only as "Omega". It is likely that the poems are a hoax.

P. T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb

P. T. Barnum and the Шаблон:Convert tall General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) visited Stamford in 1846 and donated one of Thumb's costumes to Dixon to be displayed alongside Lambert's.Шаблон:Sfn General Tom Thumb visited Stamford again in 1859 and was tied up inside one of Lambert's stockings.Шаблон:Sfn In 1866, General Tom Thumb, with his equally short wife Lavinia Warren (Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump), her sister Minnie Warren (Huldah Pierce Warren Bump) and Barnum's other celebrated dwarf Commodore Nutt (George Washington Morrison Nutt) visited Stamford.Шаблон:Sfn All four were able to pass through the knee of Lambert's breeches together.Шаблон:Sfn In 1866, Lambert's and Tom Thumb's clothes were sold to the Old London Tavern in Stamford;Шаблон:Sfn they were later in the possession of Stamford Museum. (In Шаблон:Nowrap, it was announced that the Stamford Museum would close in Шаблон:Nowrap, with its collection transferred to Stamford Library.)

The 1806 waxwork of Lambert was exported to the United States and was on show in New Haven, Connecticut, by 1813.Шаблон:Sfn By 1828, the effigy was displayed in the Boston Vauxhall Gardens dressed in a complete set of Lambert's clothes.Шаблон:Sfn It was later bought by P. T. Barnum and displayed at Barnum's American Museum in New York, but the museum was destroyed by fire in 1865 and, although workmen endeavoured to save the waxwork, it melted in the heat and was destroyed.Шаблон:Sfn

In popular memory

Lambert is still a popular character in Leicester, described in 2009 by the Leicester Mercury as "one of the city's most cherished icons"; several local public houses and businesses are named after him.Шаблон:Sfn Sue Townsend's play The Ghost of Daniel Lambert featuring Leicester actor Perry Cree, tells the story of how Lambert's ghost watches disapprovingly over the 1960s demolition and redevelopment of Leicester's historic town centre, premiered at Leicester's Haymarket Theatre in 1981. Lambert is also a popular figure in Stamford, and local football team Stamford A.F.C. are nicknamed "The Daniels", after him.

A set of Lambert's clothes, together with his armchair, walking stick, riding crop and prayer book, are on permanent display at the Newarke Houses Museum in Leicester.Шаблон:Sfn Stamford Museum exhibited a tailor's dummy, dressed with Daniel Lambert's clothes as if they are being made up for him, plus his hat and a portrait. The Daniel Lambert pub in Ludgate Hill no longer exists, and the memorabilia formerly displayed there are now on permanent display at the George Hotel in Stamford.Шаблон:Sfn The Daniel Lambert pub in Stamford has also closed.

In 2009, on the 200th anniversary of his death, Leicester celebrated Daniel Lambert Day, and over 800 people attended an event in his name at Newarke Houses Museum.

See also

• William Ball (Shropshire Giant)

Notes and references

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External links

• Newarke Houses Museum
• Stamford Museum
• The Life of that wonderful and extraordinarily heavy man, Daniel Lambert: from his birth to the moment of his dissolution, (New York, 1818). From the Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine.