Caroline Crachami

Caroline Crachami (1815 – June 1824) was the first person recognised to have primordial dwarfism. Sometimes cited as the smallest person in recorded history, she was nine years old or less at the time of her death, and it is unlikely that she had finished growing. Crachami was said to have been born in Palermo, Italy, and she was known as the "Sicilian Fairy" or "Sicilian Dwarf." She was only about tall at the time of her death; it was claimed that at birth she had weighed only one pound (454 grams) and measured about tall.
Exhibition and death.
Crachami first came to public notice in April 1824, when she was exhibited in London by a Dr Gilligan. She was a great success, attracting many distinguished visitors, and was presented at Court. Observers noted that she appeared of normal intelligence for a child of her supposed years, had a good command of spoken English, and suffered from a bad cough.
She died in June 1824, apparently of a respiratory ailment, probably tuberculosis.