The oldest person in the world - how many years did he live?

Every person dreams to deceive the time: prolong youth, live a very long life. There is a whole list of people who succeeded. Many of them were still in the Guinness Book of Records.

World statistics tells us that men live less than women. In this regard, it is quite logical that the oldest person in the world is also a woman.

Jeanne-Louise Kalman was born in 1875 in the south of France, in the town of Arles. Her parents also lived for almost a hundred years. However, these qualities were not transferred to her descendants. During her lifetime she lost her daughter and grandson.

Jeanne-Louise was at an early age familiar with Vincent Van Gogh, who often visited her uncle's store. Later, she 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 person 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. It is only known 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 American state of Tennessee in a large family, and was the third child under the account. Having successfully graduated from school, she moved to Betuin, where she worked as a teacher. She married at the age of 28. At present she is 116 years old. She has four children, twelve grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-grandson.

The oldest man in the world among men was born in Japan in 1897. His name is Dziroemon Kimura. About forty years he worked as a postman. After retirement he began to engage in agriculture. When he was 90, his health deteriorated. Today, he rarely goes outside. Nevertheless, he daily exercises and exercises on an exercise bike. Kimura likes to read newspapers. Accepts guests, is interested in politics and sumo.

The title "The oldest man in the world" was awarded for some time to 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 have survived after the population census of those years, there are 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 my life I have not got children. It is known that he did not smoke and preferred water to other drinks. At the age of 90, Mortensen moved to a nursing home himself, 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 lived to that age.

The above facts make one believe that there is no limit to human capabilities. The maximum age of a person increases with each generation.