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The quip suggests he was 1.6 m tall. The best guess is in fact 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in), so it's not that far off.
by bluebarbet 5mo ago
The quip suggests he was 1.6 m tall. The best guess is in fact 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in), so it's not that far off.
- damnitbuilds 5mo agoThe author picked Napoleon because of the belief that he was shorter than average and included a sum showing that they think he was shorter than average. Napoleon was not shorter than average. -> Bad History.
- bluebarbet 5mo agoIndeed. Obviously the author was not au fait with the latest Napoleonic height historiography, because Napoleon's non-shortness is at this point almost a meme. Either way it's not very important.