Father of musician Frank Zappa .
Born Francesco Vincent Zappa.
Husband of Rose Marie Colimore Zappa.
Francis Vincent Zappa, was an immigrant from Partinico, Sicily, with Greek and Arab descent.
He was a chemist and mathematician, worked in the defense industry.
After a time in Florida in the 1940s, the family returned to Maryland, where he worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the Aberdeen Proving Ground run by the U.S. Army. Due to their home's proximity to the arsenal, which stored mustard gas, gas masks were kept in the home in case of an accident.
This living arrangement had a profound effect on his son, musician, Frank Zappa, and references to germs, germ warfare, ailments and the defense industry occur frequently throughout his son's work.
Francis Zappa, whose musical ability extended to playing "strolling crooner" guitar, was a scientist with a degree from the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He worked at various times as an analyst, engineer and metallurgist for the Lockheed and Convair aircraft corporations.
His occupation required the family to move to Florida in 1944 and back to Maryland in 1946, to Edgewood beside the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
He was then employed at the Naval Research Center & School in Monterey in 1951 and he and his family relocated to Pacific Grove, California.
Born Francesco Vincent Zappa.
Husband of Rose Marie Colimore Zappa.
Francis Vincent Zappa, was an immigrant from Partinico, Sicily, with Greek and Arab descent.
He was a chemist and mathematician, worked in the defense industry.
After a time in Florida in the 1940s, the family returned to Maryland, where he worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the Aberdeen Proving Ground run by the U.S. Army. Due to their home's proximity to the arsenal, which stored mustard gas, gas masks were kept in the home in case of an accident.
This living arrangement had a profound effect on his son, musician, Frank Zappa, and references to germs, germ warfare, ailments and the defense industry occur frequently throughout his son's work.
Francis Zappa, whose musical ability extended to playing "strolling crooner" guitar, was a scientist with a degree from the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He worked at various times as an analyst, engineer and metallurgist for the Lockheed and Convair aircraft corporations.
His occupation required the family to move to Florida in 1944 and back to Maryland in 1946, to Edgewood beside the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
He was then employed at the Naval Research Center & School in Monterey in 1951 and he and his family relocated to Pacific Grove, California.
Father of musician Frank Zappa .
Born Francesco Vincent Zappa.
Husband of Rose Marie Colimore Zappa.
Francis Vincent Zappa, was an immigrant from Partinico, Sicily, with Greek and Arab descent.
He was a chemist and mathematician, worked in the defense industry.
After a time in Florida in the 1940s, the family returned to Maryland, where he worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the Aberdeen Proving Ground run by the U.S. Army. Due to their home's proximity to the arsenal, which stored mustard gas, gas masks were kept in the home in case of an accident.
This living arrangement had a profound effect on his son, musician, Frank Zappa, and references to germs, germ warfare, ailments and the defense industry occur frequently throughout his son's work.
Francis Zappa, whose musical ability extended to playing "strolling crooner" guitar, was a scientist with a degree from the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He worked at various times as an analyst, engineer and metallurgist for the Lockheed and Convair aircraft corporations.
His occupation required the family to move to Florida in 1944 and back to Maryland in 1946, to Edgewood beside the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
He was then employed at the Naval Research Center & School in Monterey in 1951 and he and his family relocated to Pacific Grove, California.
Born Francesco Vincent Zappa.
Husband of Rose Marie Colimore Zappa.
Francis Vincent Zappa, was an immigrant from Partinico, Sicily, with Greek and Arab descent.
He was a chemist and mathematician, worked in the defense industry.
After a time in Florida in the 1940s, the family returned to Maryland, where he worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the Aberdeen Proving Ground run by the U.S. Army. Due to their home's proximity to the arsenal, which stored mustard gas, gas masks were kept in the home in case of an accident.
This living arrangement had a profound effect on his son, musician, Frank Zappa, and references to germs, germ warfare, ailments and the defense industry occur frequently throughout his son's work.
Francis Zappa, whose musical ability extended to playing "strolling crooner" guitar, was a scientist with a degree from the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He worked at various times as an analyst, engineer and metallurgist for the Lockheed and Convair aircraft corporations.
His occupation required the family to move to Florida in 1944 and back to Maryland in 1946, to Edgewood beside the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
He was then employed at the Naval Research Center & School in Monterey in 1951 and he and his family relocated to Pacific Grove, California.
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