# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/middlebush-giant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:51:06.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/middlebush-giant"
name: "Middlebush Giant"
slug: "middlebush-giant"
description: "Routh Goshen, born Arthur James Caley, was most commonly known as Colonel Routh Goshen or the Arabian Giant or the Palestine Giant. He was billed as the tallest man in the world at 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m) and 620 pounds (280 kg) but was most likely no more than 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) and 400 pounds (180 kg). His true origins were kept secret from the public during his performance years in the United States and were obscured by the many apocryphal biographies that were created to publicize him. His actual origins came out slowly after his death. His birth name was Arthur James Caley and he was born on the Isle of Man in 1824. His fictional biographies said he was born in Jerusalem on May 5, 1837. After his retirement in the 1880s, he settled in Middlebush, New Jersey, and gained the nickname the \"Middlebush Giant\"."
tagline: "British circus performer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goshen-Routh_10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1824"
deathDate: "1889-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.36
  momentum:             25
  historical:           3.985317333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Routh_Goshen"
    title: "Colonel Routh Goshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routh_Goshen"
    title: "Routh Goshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routh_Goshen"
    title: "Routh Goshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Caley"
    title: "Arthur Caley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump