by Jimmy Lindberg | Oct 30, 2024 | Analysis, In Depth
For us familiar with supercentenarians and the ongoing demographic transition, living to 100 is no longer seen as being as extraordinary as it once was. Over the past century we have witnessed advances in healthcare, nutrition and lifestyle recommendations that allow...
by Jimmy Lindberg | Oct 21, 2024 | Analysis, In Depth
Being a fan of supercentenarians, I regularly go “hunting” for birthday reports about people celebrating their 110th, 111th etc. birthday to identify potentially new supercentenarians that we don’t know about. Our research and understanding of...
by Jimmy Lindberg | Oct 16, 2024 | Case Study, In Depth
People like tracking ends of eras or major events; Titanic survivors, the fascination with the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake or who would be the last person remaining from the 1800s come to mind. There is definitely something to this. These...
by Jimmy Lindberg | Sep 30, 2024 | Analysis, Case Study, In Depth
For several decades, Norwegian man Eilif Philipsen has been recognized as the earliest-born verified centenarian. Philipsen was born in Kinsarvik, Norway on 21 July 1682 and died in Ullensvang, Norway on 20 June 1785, aged almost 103 years old. Philipsen has thorough...
by Rollan Albano | Sep 24, 2024 | In Depth, News
In July, Jimmy Lindberg attended the European Conference on Aging & Gerontology and presented research conducted by LongeviQuest on supercentenarians, including who they are, when they were born, died and the number that has been validated. Building...
by Jimmy Lindberg | Sep 8, 2024 | Case Study, In Depth
In some of my past editorials I have discussed early centenarian and supercentenarian claimants. Perhaps the most interesting claimant is Hendrina Link-Scholte(n), who was allegedly born in 1686 and died in 1797 (van Dijk, 2023). With claimants such as her there is...
