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Drake, Charles

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Drake, Charles (Lum) (1924–  ) geophysicist; born in Ridgewood, N.J. He taught at Columbia University (1955–65) before joining Dartmouth College (1967). He elucidated the impact of geosciences on critical energy resources, and advanced the study of plate tectonics with research on the earth's continental margins, crust, and upper mantle.


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This harbour city in Devon shaped the lives of the Pilgrim Fathers - Sir Francis Drake, Charles Darwin and Captain Cook, as well as Scott of the Antarctica.
 
 
 
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