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Remarkably, despite living past 117 years, Welford was never the world's oldest living person as Jeanne Calment was older and still alive when Welford died. In fact, Welford is the oldest person never to have been the world's oldest living person.
Several parts of the Hebrew Bible, including the Torah, Joshua, Job, and Chronicles, mention individuals with very long lifespans, up to the 969 years of Methuselah.. The Sefer haYashar narrates that all of the long-lived people belonged to a special class and that Methusaleh was the last member. [11]
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis, who came to Connecticut Colony from England in 1638. Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the 18th century. It is now a part of the Loomis Chaffee School. Newman–Fiske–Dodge House: Wenham
American politician, U.S. Senator from California (1867–1873), longest-lived U.S. senator Tom Copeland: 1924– 100: American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1957–1973) [67] Benedetto Cottone: 1917–2018: 100: Italian politician [68] Dame Elizabeth Couchman: 1876–1982: 106: Australian Liberal Party ...
The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, is the oldest known timber frame house still standing in North America. Built circa 1637 for Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks and their six children, it ...
Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation [109] Marian Tumler: 1887–1987: 100: Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order [110] (Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang) Vajirañāṇasaṃvara: 1913–2013: 100: 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand [111] Agnès-Marie Valois: 1914–2018: 103