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While drawing grasses I learn nothing 'about' grass, but wake up to the wonder that there is grass at all.

Frederick Franck

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Frederick Franck
Age: 97 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 12
Died: 2006
Died: June 5
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Frederick S. Franck
Dr. Frederick S. Franck
Frank Fredericks
Siegfried Frank
Siegfried Frank (1909)
Frederick Sigfrid Franck
Frederick Sigfred Franck
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