Everyone dreams of deceiving time: to prolong youth, to live a very long life. There is a list of people who succeeded. Many of them during their lifetime fell into the Guinness Book of Records.
World statistics tell us that men live less than women. In this regard, it is quite logical that the oldest man in the world is also a woman.
Jeanne-Louise Kalman was born in 1875 in the south of France, in the city of Arles. Her parents also lived up to almost a hundred years. However, these qualities were not transmitted to her descendants. During her lifetime, she lost her daughter and grandson.
Jeanne-Louise at a young age was familiar with Vincent Van Gogh, who often went to her uncle's shop. She later said that Van Gogh was a very unpleasant, rude person. She witnessed two World Wars and watched the construction of the Eiffel Tower. She died on August 4, 1997. At that time she was 122 years old.
The oldest man in the world after Kalman is also a woman. American Sarah Knaus was born in 1880. She lived 119 years. Information about her life is practically absent. All that is known is that she died in 1990 in a nursing home.
The oldest person in the world (2012) is Bess Cooper. She was born in 1896 in the US state of Tennessee in a
large family, and was the third child in a row. Having successfully graduated from school, she moved to the town of Betuin, where she worked as a teacher. At the age of 28 she got married. She is currently 116 years old. She has four children, twelve grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
The oldest man in the world among men was born in Japan in 1897. His name is Jiroemon Kimura. For about forty years he worked as a postman. After retirement he began to engage in agriculture. When he turned 90, his health deteriorated. Today he rarely goes outside. Nevertheless, he daily exercises and exercises on a stationary bike. Kimura loves to read newspapers. Receives guests, is interested in politics and sumo.
The title "oldest man in the world" for a while was awarded Christian Mortensen. He was born in 1882 and died at the age of 115 in 1998. Christian was born in Denmark. Among the documents that survived after the census of those years, there are also confirming the date of his birth, and even baptism. When Christian turned 21, he moved to America. He changed jobs many times. He was married, but not for long. For all his life he has not gotten children. It is known that he did not smoke and preferred water to other drinks. At the age of 90, Mortensen independently moved to a nursing home, where he lived until the end of his days. At the end of his life, Christian lost his sight and could only move with a wheelchair. After his death, it was not possible to find close relatives. Apparently, by this time they were not alive. Today, the title "The Oldest Man in the World" no longer belongs to Christian Mortensen. Nevertheless, he is the only native of Denmark who has survived to such years.
The above facts make one believe that there is no limit to human capabilities. The maximum age of a person increases with each generation.