Scherer, Fred F.

Exist Dates

March 1, 1915 - November 25, 2013

Biographical or Historical Note

Artist, Restorer, Exhibit Specialist

Fred F. Scherer was born in Queens, New York, on March 1, 1915. At 19, Scherer began as an apprentice to a scenery maker in the American Museum of Natural History Exhibition Department and continued producing many landscapes for the museum's dioramas, including "American Bison and Pronghorn" in the Hall of North American Mammals. Scherer died at 98 on November 25, 2013, in Townshend, Vermont. Note on name: Fred is not a nickname for Frederick or Frederic. His middle initial is F. for Frank but he only used the F

Sources

Library of Congress Name Authority File

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History

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