Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Frank Drake across 4 places, from 1930 to 2022.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Frank Donald Drake (May 28, 1930 – September 2, 2022) was an American astrophysicist and astrobiologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Frank Drake was documented, and when
28 May 1930exact date
Chicagoattested“Born on May 28, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, Drake showed an early interest in electronics and chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
1984year
University of California at Santa Cruzattested“In 1984, Drake moved to the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC), becoming their Dean of Natural Science.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
1988year
UCSCattested“Drake left his role as dean in 1988, but remained a professor at UCSC while also becoming director of the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
1996year
UCSCattested“He retired from teaching in 1996 but remained emeritus professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
2 September 2022exact date
Aptos, Californiaattested“Drake died on September 2, 2022, at his home in Aptos, California, from natural causes at the age of 92.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
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University of California at Santa Cruz1 presence · 1984
Other places tied to Frank Drake in the record
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1952 to 1955period
Harvard Universitymentioned“He then went on to graduate school at Harvard University from 1952 to 1955 where he received a M.S.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
1958 to 1963period
Green Bank, West Virginiamentioned“Drake began his research career as a radio astronomer, working at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia from 1958 to 1963.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
1963year
Jet Propulsion Laboratorymentioned“In 1963, Drake served as section chief of Lunar and Planetary Science at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
1991year
New Mexicomentioned“In 1991, Drake served on an expert panel assembled by the United States Department of Energy with the aim of assessing the effectiveness of various long-term nuclear waste warning messages to be implemented at New Mexico's Waste Isolatio…”source: Wikipedia: Frank Drake
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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