Ankenbrand, Frank, 1905-1972

Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. was born in Philadelphia on Oct. 2, 1905 and graduated from Temple University in 1941. Ankenbrand studied art at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art and the Philadelphia Graphic Arts Club.

He taught at the Valley Forge Military Academy and Haddonfield High School, as well as being active in the Vineland Historic and Antiquarian Society. During his lifetime Ankenbrand wrote over 40,000 poems and exhibited his woodcuts, collages and gouaches. Ankenbrand demonstrated considerable interest in the haiku form.

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