caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
abraham pineo gesner 29 april 1864 halifax , nova scotia , canada cornwallis , nova scotia , canada 150px canadian geology , medicine government gas light company of new brunswick and the north american kerosene yes may 2 , 1797 inventing kerosene saint scotia john , new brunswick and halifax , nova abraham_gesner_photo . png abraham pineo gesner
 abraham pineo gesner st bartholomew 's hospital and dalhousie university
abraham pineo gesner

abraham pineo gesner -lrb- ; may 2 , 1797 -- april 29 , 1864 -rrb- was a canadian physician and geologist who invented kerosene .
although ignacy Łukasiewicz developed the modern kerosene lamp , starting the world 's oil industry , gesner is considered a primary founder .
gesner was born in cornwallis , nova scotia .
he died in halifax , nova scotia .
