Eric Carle. Eric Carle, recognized for his most famous work, âThe very Hungry Caterpillarâ, is a beloved childrenâs book author. He was born on 25th June 1929 in Syracuse, New York in a German immigrant family.
bergen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present birgt, past tense barg, past participle geborgen, past subjunctive bÃ¤rge, auxiliary haben) ( 1 transitive) to save (someone); to rescue. ( 2 transitive) to salvage; to recover. ( 3 transitive) to conceal; shelter; to contain.
Bergen was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Lille Mabel (nÃ©e Howell) and William Westerman. Her paternal grandfather Frank Westerman was German. In 1932, her father died of tuberculosis, when Frances was ten years old. Shortly after, her mother moved the family to Los Angeles.