Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum.

2025年1月1日 · Born to parents of normal stature, Charles Stratton ceased growing at the age of six months and remained 25 inches (0.6 metre) tall, weighing 15 pounds (7 kg), until his teens. He later grew to 40 inches (1 metre) and 70 pounds (32 kg).

2018年9月16日 · General Tom Thumb (or simply Tom Thumb) was the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton, a circus performer who lived during the 19th century. The name adopted by Stratton is an obvious reference to a well-known character in English folklore and a reflection of Stratton’s short stature.

2008年1月4日 · General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton, January 4, 1838–July 15, 1883) was an unusually small man who, when promoted by the great showman Phineas T. Barnum, became a show business sensation. When Stratton was 5 years old, Barnum began exhibiting him as one of the "wonders" in his popular New York City museum.

2014年11月25日 · Charles Stratton, better known by his on-stage alias, Tom Thumb, was a dwarf who became a global celebrity in the 19th Century.

General Tom Thumb was born Charles Sherwood Stratton in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sherwood Edward Stratton, a carpenter, and Cynthia (Thompson) Stratton, an inn worker. He stopped growing at 18 months.

Charles Stratton may refer to: Charles C. Stratton (1796–1859), governor of New Jersey, 1845–1848; General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton, 1838–1883), circus performer for P. T. Barnum; Charlie Stratton, film director

2018年9月24日 · On a cold winter day in November of 1842, P.T. Barnum sought the legendary four-year-old boy who weighed as much as an infant. At the time, Charles Stratton weighed just 15 pounds and stood 2’1″, or 25 inches tall.

At age four Charles Sherwood Stratton became General Tom Thumb, an immediately popular attraction at Barnum's American Museum. This daguerreotype, produced by Mathew Brady's studio, shows the young Stratton in full-length portrait, standing on a table.

A healthy child of over nine pounds, Charles Stratton was born in 1838 in north Bridgeport to a carpenter and a waitress. However, a faulty pituitary gland kept his growth slow. At age four, he was only twenty-five inches high, and would not grow much more.