Oscar Fraas

1824–1897 (age 73)

Biography

Oscar Friedrich von Fraas (17 January 1824 in Lorch (Württemberg) – 22 November 1897 in Stuttgart) was a German clergyman, paleontologist and geologist. Fraas was a physico-theologist and saw fossil evidence in the light of the "Great Flood" of the Bible. He was the father of geologist Eberhard Fraas (1862–1915).