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Was Napoleon Short? Origins of the 'Napoleon Complex'
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No more. Jack Cornwell's name may not be familiar today. But in , this boy sailor was awarded a posthumous VC — and his death was mourned by a nation desperate for heroes. Jeremy Paxman reports. I suspect many of us would be hard put to say with great confidence precisely what the Royal Navy is for.
His supposedly small stature and fiery temper has inspired the term the Napoleon Complex, a popular belief that short men tend to compensate for their lack of height through domineering behavior and aggression. In fact, he was probably of average height. Applying the French measurements of the time, that equals around 1. So if Napoleon was of average height, where does the legend of his small stature come from?