-BORN-
Date
- 2nd May 1797
- Expired!
Time
- ...
228 Years ago
Order of New Brunswick,
Abraham Gesner
Abraham Gesner (Abraham Pineo Gesner) a canadian physician, geologist, author.
Father of the Petroleum Industry. Inventor of Kerosene. Founder of ‘Kerosene Gas Light Company’. he was appointed the first government geologist for New Brunswick, a significant role in a British colony. His discoveries laid the foundation for the modern petroleum refining industry.