Edwin Drake

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Edwin Drake was a 19th-century American driller credited with drilling the first successful commercial oil well, helping launch the modern petroleum industry.

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Edwin Drake canonical 8
Edwin Laurentine Drake 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
oil industry pioneer ⓘ
associatedWith Oil Creek region ⓘ
Pennsylvania oil rush ⓘ
burialPlace Drake Park, Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1819-03-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1880-11-09 ⓘ
employer Seneca Oil Company ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Drake ⓘ
fieldOfWork oil drilling ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
financialStatusAtDeath impoverished ⓘ
fullName Edwin Laurentine Drake ⓘ
linked to: Edwin Drake
givenName Edwin ⓘ
hasPlaceNamedAfter Drake Park, Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
Drake Well, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Drake Well
heritage American ⓘ
honor Drake Well Museum named in his honor ⓘ
statue at Drake Well Museum ⓘ
inceptionOfNotableWork 1859-08-27 ⓘ
influenced development of the modern petroleum industry ⓘ
knownFor drilling the first successful commercial oil well ⓘ
helping launch the modern petroleum industry ⓘ
movement early American oil boom ⓘ
notableAchievement introduced pipe-driving technique for oil drilling ⓘ
notableWork first successful commercial oil well in the United States ⓘ
occupation driller ⓘ
oilman ⓘ
railroad worker ⓘ
pensionStartDate 1873 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Greenville, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
receivedPensionFrom Pennsylvania state legislature ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent drilling of the Drake Well ⓘ
significantPlace Oil Creek, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
spouse Laura Dowd ⓘ
Philena Adams ⓘ
usedTechnology drilled well using iron drive pipe ⓘ
steam engine for drilling ⓘ
workLocation Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Drake Well → namedAfter → Edwin Drake ⓘ
Drake Well → operator → Edwin Drake ⓘ
Drake Well → discoverer → Edwin Drake ⓘ
Edwin Drake → fullName → Edwin Laurentine Drake ⓘ
linked to: Edwin Drake
Oil Creek valley → associatedWith → Edwin Drake ⓘ