inventor
Edwin Drake.
American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States (1819-1880)
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About Edwin Drake
Edwin Laurentine Drake, also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.
Everything about Edwin Drake →- Occupation
- inventor, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 29, 1819
- Died
- November 9, 1880