Anna Haining Bates

Anna Haining Bates

Anna Haining Bates was a Canadian woman famed for her great stature of 7 feet 11 inches. She excelled at literature and music and was considered to be very intelligent. Bates died suddenly and unexpectedly of heart failure in her sleep at her home on August 5, 1888.

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Summary Anna Haining BatesAnna Haining Bates was a Canadian woman famed for her great stature of 7 feet 11 inches. Her parents were of average height and were Scottish immigrants. She excelled at literature and music and was considered to be very intelligent. Bates died suddenly and unexpectedly of heart failure in her sleep at her home on August 5, 1888, one day before her 42nd birthday.

She was the third of 13 children, all of the others being around average height. At birth she weighed 16 pounds. She reached her full height three years later. Her feet measured 14. 2 inches long. She normally weighed 340 pounds.