Thomas Peters

Thomas Peters (April 6, 1745 - March 26, 1857) was a Dutch supercentenarian and the first verified supercentenarian on record. He was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, and died in Arnhem, Netherlands. He was verified by Guinness World Records, however, the documents used to verify him have since been lost. At the time of his death, he was the oldest person ever at the age of 111 years 354 days, having surpassed Pierre Darcourt in age. It would be another 42 years until the next verified supercentenarian, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, also from the Netherlands. His age was not surpassed until Delina Filkins, and he was the oldest man ever until Shigechiyo Izumi (unless he is discounted, in which case the next recordholder for oldest man ever is Mathew Beard).