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Joseph Rodman Drake Park in Hunts Point, Bronx, a two-and-a-half-acre green space that contains his burial site in a small enclosed cemetery, was named for him in 1915. [4] Buried here as well are members of the old local landowning families, notably the Hunts ("Hunts Point"), Leggetts, and Willets.
Joseph or Joe Drake may refer to: . Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820), American poet; Joseph Drake (soldier) (1806–1878), Confederate Army colonel Joseph Morley Drake (1828–1886), doctor and educator
Joseph Drake [1] is an American film producer, best known for founding Mandate Pictures and Good Universe with Nathan Kahane. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Drake has served as executive producer on more than 25 films. [ 4 ]
Joseph Drake (June 14, 1806 – October 24, 1878) lawyer and plantation owner, was a Colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, who commanded a brigade in two major battles. He was also a member of the Mississippi Legislature before and during the war.
In the spring of 2012, Drake and Kahane launched Good Universe, a new full-service motion picture financing, production and global sales company. [8] The launch comes as the collaborators transition out of Lionsgate, opening its doors fully staffed and with films from the development slate at predecessor company Mandate Pictures. [ 9 ]
Aubrey Drake Graham [16] was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario.His father, Dennis Graham, is an African-American drummer from Memphis, Tennessee, who once performed with musician Jerry Lee Lewis.
Joseph Morley Drake (1828-1886) was a British doctor and educator. Drake studied chemistry at the London Polytechnic Institute , and graduated as an analytical chemist in 1845. That same year, he migrated to Canada, where he worked as a pharmacist.
In the Fall of 1769, Henry Skaggs returned to the Cumberland with Kasper Mansker, Joseph Drake and Colonel James Knox. This expedition reached the Dix River in Kentucky, and pressed on to the Green River country. One day on this expedition, the group heard an unusual sound coming from the woods near Big Barren River.