biography
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Lucas, Anthony Francis
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| male
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| lived:
| (1855–1921)
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| biography:
| Geologist and engineer, born in Spalato, Austria. He went to the USA in 1879. Drawing on his geological knowledge, he drilled for and struck oil at Spindletop, near Beaumont, TX in 1901, the first of the great Texas oil finds. He became world famous but received small financial reward for his work. |
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