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Santee was born on 17 September 1906 in the rural Pennsylvania town of Wapwallopen, the only child of Dr. Charles LaMotte Santee and his wife Verna Caroline Lloyd Santee. He was the grandson of Dr. Ephraim A. Santee. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all practicing physicians. | Santee was born on 17 September 1906 in the rural Pennsylvania town of Wapwallopen, the only child of Dr. Charles LaMotte Santee and his wife Verna Caroline Lloyd Santee. He was the grandson of Dr. Ephraim A. Santee. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all practicing physicians. | ||
Frederick was able to read English and German at age three and | Frederick was able to read English and German at age three. He learned German from his father, mother, and an uncle by marriage. At the age of eight, wrote a translation of Caesar's ''Gallic War'' from the original Latin, which had had taught himself by studying his grandfather's old Latin books. He started school in fourth grade at age five and graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia (a college-level high school which granted a B.A.) at age 13. | ||
As a youth, he excelled at baseball, with a classmate claiming he was a "budding 'Babe' Ruth, whose heavy hitting had won more than one game for his team." Santee later said he tried very hard to be good at sports in the hopes of attracting girls. | |||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||