His musical performance and comedy routines delighted audiences and the press alike, and one newspaper wrote: “General Tom Thumb Jr., the dwarf, is the most wonderful specimen of a man who ever ...

Tom Thumb, Charles had entertained as many as 50 ... the gray-haired “proportional midget” had grown nine inches and packed on another 50 pounds. Charles had not been feeling well on the ...

Charles Stratton, better known by his stage name Tom Thumb, was a dwarf who became a global celebrity in the 19th Century. When people think of Tom Thumb they may recall the English folklore ...

This article was originally published with the title “ General Tom Thumb and Other Midgets ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 217 No. 1 (July 1967), p. 102 doi:10.1038 ...

I was right about a Tom Thumb being in a circus. He was known as General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), a midget, who was the top stage performer for P.T. Barnum’s New York Museum, in the 1800s.

Charles Stratton, better known by his stage name Tom Thumb, was a dwarf who became a global celebrity in the 19th Century. When people think of Tom Thumb they may recall the English folklore ...