The GRG list of last Japan’s Meiji Era survivors
The Meiji Era (明治時代, Meiji jidai) was a period in Japanese history marked by the transformative reign of Emperor Meiji from 23 October 1868, to 30 July 1912. This era is notable for the Meiji Restoration, a series of political,…
GRG visit to Ilie Ciocan of Romania, 111, Europe’s Oldest Man
Following the Bucharest conference on Longevity Map of Romania, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) representatives for both Romania and Poland & Nordic Countries, Lăcrămioara Frăsineanu and Wacław Jan Kroczek, had the great distinction of visiting Romania’s oldest living resident Mr.…
João Marinho Neto of Apuiarés, Ceará, Brazil, becomes the World’s Oldest Living Man at 112
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is honored to inform that Mr. João Marinho Neto, a resident of Apuiarés, Ceará, Brazil became the oldest living man in the world following the death of 112-year-old John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom on…
Ilie Ciocan of Bratia din Vale, Romania, becomes the oldest living man in Europe at 111
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is honored to inform that Mr. Ilie Ciocan, a resident of Bratia din Vale, Valcea County, Romania became the oldest living man in Europe following the death of 112-year-old John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom…
Naomi Whitehead, 114, recognized as the Oldest Living Person in the USA
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is pleased to announce that Mrs. Naomi Whitehead of Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA, (born September 26, 1910, aged 114) has been recognized as the OLDEST LIVING PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES The supercentenarian case of Naomi…