Birth Name: Edwin Drake
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Place Of Birth: New York
Date Of Birth: March 29, 1819
Date Of Death: November 9, 1880
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Edwin Drake was born on the 29th of March, 1819. He was famous for being a Entrepreneur. The first person to drill for oil in the United States. He also founded an oil refinery in Pittsburgh.
Edwin Drake was born in New York. He grew up on farms in New York state and Vermont and began working for a Connecticut railway in his late teens. He was hired by Seneca Oil to look into the possibility of finding oil deposits in Pennsylvania. During the course of this assignment, he not only found oil, but also developed a revolutionary way of drilling for it.
Edwin Drake was a Aries and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Edwin Drake was born in 1810s.
Edwin Drake is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Edwin Drake was born in the Year of the Rabbit.
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| REAL NAME: | Edwin Drake |
| NICKNAME: | Edwin |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Edwin Drake was a Aries. People of this zodiac sign like physical challenges, taking on leadership roles, individual sports and dislike inactivity, delays, and work that doesn't use one's talents. The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. The greatest overall compatibility with Aries is Libra and Leo.
Chinese Zodiac: Edwin Drake was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are popular because they're sincere and avoid conflict. Though they're sensitive, they also hesitate, which makes them lose on chances.
Ruling Planet: Edwin Drake had a ruling planet of Mars and has a ruling planet of Mars and by astrological associations Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This planet symbolizes the principle of assertive drive and energy. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have huge drive, aggression and commpetitiveness.
Edwin Drake’s birth sign is Aries and he had a ruling planet of Mars.
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