Jan F. Esser Champion, winning the Dutch Championship in a play-off match for the title against Rudolf Loman in 1913. Jan F. Esser Johannes "Jan" Fredericus Samuel Esser (13 October 1877 in Leiden – 9 August 1946 in Chicago) was a Dutch plastic surgeon who pioneered innovative methods of reconstructive surgery on soldiers wounded in the First World War. He is thought to have coined the term "stent" in 1917 to describe his use of a dental impression compound invented in 1856 by the English dentist Charles Stent (1807–1885) to create a form for facial reconstruction. The term "stent" was later extended to
Vere Stent of the "Pretoria News". He remained editor until 1920. Stent was also known as an art, theatre and literature critic. As a playwright he wrote one play, entitled "War and a Woman", which was produced in Pretoria in 1912. Besides many articles and reviews, his best known publications include "Short South African Stories" (1909, compiled with his sister, Joan) and . His own life is the subject of a biography by his daughters. Vere Stent Vere Palgrave Stent (1872-1941) Journalist and war correspondent, theatre critic, playwright and author Born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape in 1872, Vere was the son of