Via Reihan comes news that Napoleon "was in fact of average height for his time: the confusion stems from the difference between English and French measurements." Really? Indeed, some even suggest he was taller than average. The confusion is in how he was measured, and when. "Some historians claim the French emperor's height was recorded as 5 ft 2 in French units, corresponding to 1.68 meters or 5 ft 6 in Imperial units. A French inch was 2.71 centimetres while an Imperial inch is 2.54 centimetres." Others say he wouldn't have been measured with a French yardstick until after his death, particularly given that he was under British control on St. helena, and thus was almost certainly measured by a British yardstick, which would back up the 5 ft 2 claim.
