Edwin Drake
Deceased Person
1819 – 1880
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Who was Edwin Drake?
Edwin Laurentine Drake, also known as Colonel Drake, was an American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States.
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- Born
- Mar 29, 1819
Greenville - Also known as
- Edwin Laurentine Drake
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Vermont
- Bethlehem
- Died
- Nov 9, 1880
Bethlehem
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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