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William "Billy" Ball (1795–1852), the "Shropshire Giant", was a nineteenth-century iron puddler and "giant". He was born in June 1795 at Horsehay, Great Dawley, Shropshire where he would live for his whole life. His exact date of birth is unrecorded, but he was baptised on 8 July. He was the first son of five children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Ball of Horsehay. As an adult he was 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed more than forty stone. It was said that his "waistcoat was so big that three men could be buttoned into it".

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rdfs:label	William Ball (El Gigante de Shropshire) (es) William Ball (Shropshire Giant) (en)
rdfs:comment	William 'Billy' Ball (1795-1852), El Gigante de Shropshire, fue un capataz de forja inglés, que se hizo conocido por su descomunal tamaño (con una estatura de 1,75 m, llegó a pesar más de 250 kg). Se convirtió en una atracción de feria itinerante, anunciado como "El hombre más grande de Gran Bretaña". (es) William "Billy" Ball (1795–1852), the "Shropshire Giant", was a nineteenth-century iron puddler and "giant". He was born in June 1795 at Horsehay, Great Dawley, Shropshire where he would live for his whole life. His exact date of birth is unrecorded, but he was baptised on 8 July. He was the first son of five children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Ball of Horsehay. As an adult he was 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed more than forty stone. It was said that his "waistcoat was so big that three men could be buttoned into it". (en)
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has abstract	William 'Billy' Ball (1795-1852), El Gigante de Shropshire, fue un capataz de forja inglés, que se hizo conocido por su descomunal tamaño (con una estatura de 1,75 m, llegó a pesar más de 250 kg). Se convirtió en una atracción de feria itinerante, anunciado como "El hombre más grande de Gran Bretaña". (es) William "Billy" Ball (1795–1852), the "Shropshire Giant", was a nineteenth-century iron puddler and "giant". He was born in June 1795 at Horsehay, Great Dawley, Shropshire where he would live for his whole life. His exact date of birth is unrecorded, but he was baptised on 8 July. He was the first son of five children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Ball of Horsehay. As an adult he was 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed more than forty stone. It was said that his "waistcoat was so big that three men could be buttoned into it". In September 1819, aged 24, he married Mary Bailey. They had two children, Eliza (1823–1824) and Thomas (1824–1839). In 1824, both his wife and daughter died. Thomas also died young, at fifteen. Next year, 1825, he married Margaret Wood (1790-c.1850), who bore him no children. He was known locally as a cheerful man with a very pleasing disposition. (en)
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