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there is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly.
Gertrude Atherton
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Gertrude Atherton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 14
Died: 1948
Died: June 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
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San Francisco County
California
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
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Frank Lin
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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