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May 20, 2021 · BUTLER — Jean Kessler, 78, passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at her home in rural Butler, Indiana. She was born on Nov. 2, 1942, in Butler, to Darwin and Ethel (Kniss) Troyer. They...
- Early Life and Career
- Builder of The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
- Unexpected Death
- Aftermath
- References and Sources
- External Links
Kessler, who was known by his middle name August, was born in a family of 12 children, four of whom died in infancy. He became managing director of the Royal Dutch nearly from its inception. Aeilko Jans Zijlker: acquired the original oil concession in Indonesia and the "Royal" imprimatur but died suddenly of a tropical disease in 1890. The board of...
Kessler built the Royal Dutch almost from scratch, under very difficult cir*stances: "an inclement climate, a hostile jungle and ineradicable lalang (sharp, tough gr*), local crews difficult to manage, equipment that did not fit, tropical diseases, operational set-backs such as fires, and absence of adequate geological know-how", wrote J. Ph. Poley...
The hard work amid difficult surroundings led to Kessler's death one day shy of his 47th birthday. In 1898, oil production in the overworked oil field dropped precipitously. Kessler managed to get a concession for a new oil field from the local Sumatran king and in 1900 he went back to Dutch East Indies one last time. When he arrived he was sick an...
After his death, he was succeeded by a man he had hired as his deputy, Henri Deterding, in 1901. Deterding would later declare, "As a pioneer in oil, the part played by J.B. August Kessler stands second to none." August and his wife Margo had four sons and two daughters. One of their sons, Jean Baptiste August "Guus" Kessler Jr., eventually became ...
Sources
1. Poley, J. Ph. (2000). Eroica: The Quest for Oil in Indonesia (1850-1898). Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN:0-7923-6222-5. 2. Gerretson, F.C. (1953). Geschiedenis der Koninklijke. E.J. Brill. 3. Zanden, Jan Luiten van; Joost Jonker; Stephen Howarth; Keetie Sluyterman (2007). A History of Royal Dutch Shell. Oxford University Press. ISBN:978-0-19-929877-8. 4. Yergin, Daniel (1991). The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. Simon & Schuster. ISBN:0-671-50248-4. 5. Sampson, Anthony (...
Media related to Jean Baptiste August Kessler at Wikimedia Commons 1. (in Dutch) Biography in the Dutch Biographical Dictionary 2. (in Dutch) Photographs by Jean Baptiste August Kessler, 1895-1900, housed at the Nederlands Rijksmuseum 3. (in Dutch) Kessler family archives, with extensive letters and do*ents concerning Jean Baptiste August Kessler 1...
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Jean Baptiste August Kessler (15 December 1853 – 14 December 1900) was a Dutch entrepreneur and oil explorer who was largely responsible for the growth and development of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., now part of present-day Shell.
Betty Jean Kessler, 90, Indiana went to be with her Lord and Savior at 4:25 a.m. on Monday, May 13, 2013, at Wabash County Hospital in Wabash, Indiana. She was born to the late Harry and Grace (Miltenburger) Harnish on March 22, 1923 in Wabash County, Indiana.
