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	The Eclectic Lapidary - Abraham Gesner - A Father of Petroleum
		Abraham Gesner (1797 - 1864) was born in Cornwallis Nova Scotia, on the Bay of Fundy.
		Gesner's response (if response it was) was not of a kind to smooth things over, for in 1833 he published his own "Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of Nova Scotia," merely inverting their title and covering almost identical ground.
		But Gesner's Nova Scotia report was likewise a public success, and on the strength of this he was engaged to undertake a four year geological survey (1838-42) of the Province of New Brunswick, the first such in British posessions outside the mother country.
	www.bovagems.com /eclectic/HTML/19970501_0597ABEGEN.html (1088 words)

	Gesner, Abraham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gesner, Abraham, geologist, author, chemist, inventor (b near Cornwallis, NS 2 May 1797; d at Halifax 29 Apr 1864).
		Gesner invented kerosene oil and, because of his patents for distilling bituminous material, was a founder of the modern petroleum industry.
		His father, Col Henry Gesner, was exiled from a large farm in NY state and moved to the Annapolis Valley.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003241 (358 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		In 1807 and again in 1812 Abraham Sr and Henry petitioned for a grant of land in the Annapolis valley, and the former was awarded 500 acres in Wilmot Township.
		Gesner’s creditors, who were also his friends, took over the collections in lieu of repayment, although it was obvious that they did this out of charity, for they promptly donated the objects to the Saint John Mechanics’ Institute.
		Gesner’s museum was one of the first two established in Canada, the other being the museum of the Geological Survey of Canada, begun by William Edmond Logan* at Montreal.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38570 (4121 words)

	Abraham Pineo Gesner -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1838, he was appointed Provincial Geologist for (A province in southeastern Canada) New Brunswick with the mission to undertake a similar geological survey.
		In 1842, Gesner started the Gesner Museum, in (A port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick) Saint John, (A province in southeastern Canada) New Brunswick, the first public museum in Canada.
		Eventually Gesner's company was absorbed into the petroleum monopoly, (additional info and facts about Standard Oil) Standard Oil and he returned to Halifax, where he was appointed a Professor of Natural History at (additional info and facts about Dalhousie University) Dalhousie University.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ab/abraham_pineo_gesner.htm (400 words)

	Petroleum History Society - Canadian Beginnings
		The early work of Abraham Gesner and others directed attention to crude oil obtained from seepages and from the so-called "gum" beds which were fairly common in New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario and other eastern regions.
		Abraham Gesner of Nova Scotia developed a refining process that transmuted coal, natural tar, and eventually oil into an illuminating fuel which he called kerosene.
		This photograph of Abraham Gesner, is circa 1870.
	www.petroleumhistory.ca /history/cdnbeginnings.html (849 words)

	Abraham Gesner
		GESNER, Abraham, Canadian geologist, born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, 2 May 1797; died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 19 April 1864.
		He was a son of Henry Gesner, loyalist, who, during the Revolutionary war, fled to Nova Scotia, where he received a grant of land in compensation for that confiscated in New York.
		Dr. Gesner had an excellent knowledge of chemistry, and was among those who early became connected with the development of artificial illuminants from hydrocarbons.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~nnnotables/zabge.html (571 words)

	Gesner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although trained as a medical doctor, Abraham Gesner was one of the primary founders of the petroleum industry.
		Abraham Gesner invented Kerosene, popularly known as "coal oil." Before the introduction of the incandescent electric light bulb, households across north America were lit up with kerosene.
		Encouraged by this adventurous British admiral and inventor, Gesner in 1854 sought and soon obtained patents for the distillation of bituminous rock from which he could obtain kerosene that he purified by treating it with sulphuric acid and lime and then redistilled.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume4/136-139.htm (1093 words)

	EarthNet
		Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), born near Cornwallis, NS, made major contributions to the geology of the Maritimes.
		Gesner then opened a museum in Saint John to try to earn a living by exhibiting his extensive collection of mainly geological specimens.
		Gesner lost that legal battle, as well as a battle over the patent to distil kerosene.
	www.earthnet-geonet.ca /hall/gesner_e.php (500 words)

	UNB Anthropology - Washademoak Lake Chert Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Abraham Gesner was born in Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, in 1797.
		From 1838 to 1842, Gesner was Provincial Geologist of New Brunswick, the first government geologist in a British colony ever to be appointed.
		Abraham Gesner died in Halifax in 1864, before he could take up a position offered to him by Dalhousie University.
	www.unbf.ca /arts/anthropology/Experiences/black/WashademoakLake/gesner.htm (303 words)

	Wilfred Bigelow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Abraham Gesner had an undying love for rocks and minerals as a kid.
		Gesner then migrated to the United States where he invented Kerosene, a light oil that could be used instead of whale oil as a fuel for lamps.
		Gesner's importance rests not so much on the Kerosene itself as on the way in which he produced it by distilling hydrocarbons.
	www.k12.nf.ca /stmarks/grassroots/1999-2000/inventors/gesner.htm (142 words)

	Today in Technology History - Jun 27
		Gesner's father-in-law sent him to England to become a doctor -- but although he did indeed practice medicine upon his return to Canada, his lifelong interest remained geology.
		But before Gesner could make much use of his discovery, he became entangled in a complex legal battle that dragged him even deeper into debt.
		Gesner fled to the U.S., settling in New York.
	www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2001/jun27.htm (305 words)

	Gesner Family
		The birth of a son, John Henry Gesner, was recorded on 24 May 1724 at Tappan, NY.* In the next year, Johan Gesner purchased land in the Tappan area.
		On Feb 10th in the winter of 1788 Famitcha died and was buried on a knoll a short distance from the Gesner farm house.
		After Nicholas Gesner died, in 1858, the Reformed Methodist movement lost interest in the area and Gesner Hall became initially the parsonage for the ME Church and later a private home before burning down in 1885.
	www.rockleigh.org /History/Families/Gesner_family.htm (5228 words)

	Johann Matthias Gesner - LoveToKnow 1911
		JOHANN MATTHIAS GESNER (1691-1761), German classical scholar and schoolmaster, was born at Roth near Ansbach on the 9th of April 1691.
		Gesner and sein Verhdltnis zum Philanthropinismus and Neuhumanismus (1898), a contribution to the history of pedagogy in the 18th century; articles by F. Eckstein in Allgemeine deutsche Biographic ix.; and Sandys, Hist.
		This page was last modified 17:49, 3 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Johann_Matthias_Gesner (168 words)

	Foulis - Gesner Conflict: Albert Mines: Heritage Resources Saint John
		Foulis and Gesner both made claims to being the first to exploit albertite for illuminating fuel, Foulis with illuminating gas, and Gesner with kerosene.
		In several of Gesner's unsuccessfull lawsuits, Foulis served as a witness for the defendants.
		Foulis was in partnership with Edward Allison, Alexander Wright and the Cairne brothers, who were being sued by Gesner over mining rights, and played a significant role in Gesner's troubles with both the Halifax Gas Light Company and the court case of Gesner versus Cairnes in 1851.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /~Heritage/AlbertMines/FGConflict.htm (300 words)

	Abraham Gesner Saved the Whales
		In 1849, Gesner devised a method to distill kerosene from petroleum.
		The first step that led to saving the whales was made by Dr. Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist.
		Gesner's kerosene was cheap, easy to produce, could be burned in existing lamps, and did not produce an offensive odor as did most whale oil.
	alts.net /ns1625/gesner.html (1965 words)

	Abraham Gesner Saved the Whales
		In 1849, Gesner devised a method to distill kerosene from petroleum.
		Gesner's kerosene was cheap, easy to produce, could be burned in existing lamps, and did not produce an offensive odor as did most whale oil.
		This is why Abraham Gesner, John D. Rockefeller and Thomas Edison saved more whales than Green Peace ever will.
	www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/gesner.html (1965 words)

	Abraham Gesner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Abraham Gesner was born in Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, in 1797, with a love of geology in his bones.
		Gesner then immigrated to the United States where he developed and patented a process for manufacturing kerosene, for which he is still famous.
		Sadly, however, Abraham Gesner died in Halifax shortly thereafter.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /fossils/finders/gesner.htm (255 words)

	Abraham Gesner
		GESNER, Abraham, Canadian geologist, born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
		In this connection he made collections of minerals, of specimens illustrating the surveys, and of ethnological implements, and also gathered many other objects of natural history, which now constitute the Gesner museum in Saint John, New Brunswick He became familiar with numerous Indian dialects, and was appointed Indian commissioner of Nova Scotia in 1850.
		Gesner had an excellent knowledge of chemistry, and was among those who early became connected with the development of artificial illuminants from hydrocarbons.
	www.famousamericans.net /abrahamgesner (654 words)

	Inventor Abraham Gesner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Abraham was born in 1797, in Cornwall Township, Nova Scotia.
		Years later, Abraham studied medicine in London, and set his medicine practice up in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.
		Abraham Gesner sadly died at the age of 67.
	www.limestone.on.ca /students/school_programs/grassroots/pertr/myweb-gowdy/serv01-gowdy.htm (160 words)

	Kerosene History - Kerosene Information
		Then, Abraham Gesner (1797-1864) produced kerosene, a pale liquid fuel that he distilled from thick crude oil.
		Gesner, a medical doctor from Canada who had become interested in geology, named the fuel after the word keros (Greek for wax) and obtained United States patents for preparing it.
		When kerosene was successfully introduced in America in the 1850s, Gesner remarked hopefully that it might save whales from being hunted for their oil.
	www.bookrags.com /sciences/chemistry/kerosene-woc.html (561 words)

	What about gesner? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		(1797-1864) Abraham Gesner was born in Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, in 1797, with a love of geology in his bones.
		Conrad Gesner (or Konrad Gesner) was arguably the.
		Dr Abraham Gesner was the inventor of kerosene and known as the Father or the Petroleum Industry.
	gesner.usebrainer.com (272 words)

	See Saint John - Canada’s First Museum
		It was officially incorporated in 1929 as the Provincial Museum but the collections began in 1842 through Abraham Gesner, New Brunswick’s first Provincial Geologist.
		Abraham Gesner was born in Cornwallis, N.S. in 1797.
		In 1837 Gesner was a geologist in New Brunswick.
	www.seesaintjohn.com /f_canadafirst.htm (600 words)

	All in the Family - Person Page 181
		Abraham Young was the son of Abraham Young and Hannah Wade.
		Abraham Young married Abigail Litch, daughter of Manessa Litch and Ellen Abigail Wocester, on 2 September 1869 at Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
		Calvin Young was the son of Abraham Young and Hannah Wade.
	www.dalyclan.org /total/total-p/p181.htm (1463 words)

	rabble columns
		However, Nova Scotia’s history is not devoid of compassionate white individuals who made, in view of the prevailing racist attitudes of their day, courageous efforts to help the Mi’kmaq survive.
		Howe and Gesner were appointed as Nova Scotia Indian commissioners in the 1840s, pursuant to the provisions of An Act to Provide for the Instruction and Permanent Settlement of the Indians.
		Abraham Gesner, 1797-1864, was a Nova Scotian, medical doctor, fellow of the Geological Society, scientist, inventor and an author.
	www.rabble.ca /columnists_full.shtml?x=21742 (600 words)

	Conklin Family
		Sophia Sitchett, dau of Abraham and her two natural daughters Syela Halsey and Polly Ackerman; sons-in-law John Stagg of NY and Abraham Reyker.
		between the Gesner farm to the north and and the Ryken farm to the south, stretching over a mile from the Ludlow's Ditch (southern branch of Sparkill Brook) on the west to the "mountain" on the east.
		John Henry Gesner died in the same year and Mary Quidor moved into the John Henry Gesner Hometead owned by her in-laws, 2nd Jacob Conklin and Elizabeth Gesner-Conklin.
	www.rockleigh.org /history/families/Conklin_family.htm (7351 words)

	The New Brunswick Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This position lasted until 1842, when Gesner turned to making a living by displaying his collection of rocks, minerals and "curiosities" to the public.
		On April 5, 1842, Dr. Abraham Gesner opened the Museum of Natural History, the original precursor of the New Brunswick Museum, in one room of the Mechanics' Institute on Carleton St., Saint John, N.B. Unfortunately, income from his newly-founded museum was not enough to solve Gesner's financial problems.
		In 1843, Gesner's collection passed on to his creditors who, in turn, donated it to the Saint John Mechanics' Institute.
	www.gnb.ca /0130/english/info_main.html (931 words)

	science.ca Profile : Abraham Gesner
		Gesner became a medical student in London, England, and graduated as a physician and surgeon.
		Gesner coined the name kerosene for the lamp oil he perfected by 1853, and patented his processes in 1854.
		His other inventions include a wood preservative, a process of asphalt paving for highways, briquettes made from compressed coal dust, and a machine for insulating electric wire.
	www.science.ca /scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=160 (181 words)

	All in the Family - Person Page 197
		Isaac Steadman Gesner was the son of Abraham Gesner and Christiana Young.
		Fanny Dawson Hazelwood married Isaac Steadman Gesner, son of Abraham Gesner and Christiana Young.
		Ernest Gordon Gesner was the son of Isaac Steadman Gesner and Fanny Dawson Hazelwood.
	www.dalyclan.org /total/total-p/p197.htm (396 words)

	Abraham Gesner Monument
		Abraham Gesner saved more whales than Green Peace ever will by James S. Robbins
		Abraham Gesner, Part One: A Father of Petroleum by Hans Durstling
		Abraham Gesner, Part Two: Gunplay in the Albert County Woods by Hans Durstling
	ns1763.ca /kingsco/gesnermem.html (178 words)

	Extreme Oil . The History \| PBS
		A Canadian postage stamp celebrates geologist Abraham Gesner, the "Father of the Petroleum Industry."
		Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner distills a new lamp fuel from petroleum, which he calls kerosene.
		Gesner, though he never became wealthy from his discovery, will later be known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry"; his invention has been credited with helping save the whales.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/extremeoil/history/prehistory.html (506 words)

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