Abraham Pineo Gesner

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Abraham Pineo Gesner (May 2, 1797 – April 29, 1864) was a Nova Scotian medical doctor and geologist who invented a process for the production of coal oil, which he called kerosene. Gesner was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (now called Chipmans Corner) and lived much of his life in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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