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Seismological Research Letters; July/August 2007; v. 78; no. 4; p. 421; DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.78.4.421
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Lawrence A. Drake, S.J. (1931-2007)

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On 28 April 2007, Lawrence A. Drake, one of the last surviving Jesuit seismologists, died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, after struggling with leukemia for seven years.


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Lawrence A. Drake

Fr. Drake was born in Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, and he entered the Society of Jesus in 1949. Since 1951, he had been associated with Riverview Observatory in Riverview, New South Wales, a Jesuit observatory that was founded in 1907; Fr. Drake became its director in 1965.

From 1956 to 1960, he studied physics and mathematics at Melbourne University. He completed doctoral . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Agustín Udías, S.J.

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
audiasva@fis.ucm.es






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