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(1930-2022) Astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author. Frank Drake was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Aptos, California.

Full Name

Frank Drake

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1930

BIRTH

Frank Donald Drake was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 28, 1930.

1952

OTHER

Mr. Dranke received a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1952.

1962

LITWORK

Intelligent Life in Space
Macmillan

Nonfiction.

1964

OTHER

Mr. Drake was a member of the Cornell University faculty from 1964 until 1984.

1992

LITWORK

Is Anyone Out There?
Delacorte Press
038530532X / 978-0385305327
Nonfiction.

2022

DEATH

Frank Drake died at his home in Aptos, California, on September 2, 2022.

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