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Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone.
Oliver Herford
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Oliver Herford
Age: 72 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 1
Died: 1935
Died: January 1
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Sheffield
England
Olivier Herford
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