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Frederick Meyer, 88; Taxonomist at National Arboretum and Author

14th Nov 2006, 09:45 GMT

Frederick G. Meyer, 88, the director of the herbarium at the National Arboretum, who identified the plants that were blooming in the gardens of Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., died of pneumonia Oct. 13 at his home in Silver Spring. He had Alzheimer's disease.

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