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About John Henry Fairbank
John Henry Fairbank was variously a surveyor, oilman, inventor, banker, politician and fire chief in Lambton County, Ontario. Fairbank is best known for his invention of the jerker-line pumping system, which quickly spread across the world following its introduction in the mid-1860s. Fairbank Oil, established by Fairbank in 1861, is the oldest continually operating petroleum company, and the company's property, known as the "First Commercial Oil Field", is included in the List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario.
Everything about John Henry Fairbank →- Occupation
- politician, businessperson, land surveyor, oil worker
- Position held
- member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Born
- 1831
- Died
- February 1914