QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 14 2012, 05:34 PM)
Err, Napoleon wasn't short at all. He was 5'6" - 5'7". Above average for the early 19th C.
Amazingly true!!
History of human height
Average height of troops born in the mid-nineteenth century, by country or place.
Country Height
Australia 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in)[113]
England 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
U.S. 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄4 in)
Norway 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Ireland 1.68 m (5 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
Scotland 1.68 m (5 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
Sweden 1.68 m (5 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
Bohemia 1.67 m (5 ft 5 3⁄4 in)
Lower Austria 1.67 m (5 ft 5 3⁄4 in)
Moravia 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄4 in)
France 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Wales 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Germany 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Netherlands 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Spain 1.62 m (5 ft 3 3⁄4 in)
Italy 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)