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 "Transvaal Advertiser"; he resigned his commission on conclusion of the war, In December 1893 he was correspondent to the Press, Pretoria, and on General Joubert's staff through the Malaboch War in 1894, also correspondent with General Schalk Burgher through the Low Country Campaign of 1894. Stent the accompanied West Coast fleet under Admiral Rawson to Cape Coast Castle in 1895. He represented the "South African Telegraph" in Ashanti from 1895 to 1896. He was in Matabeleland during Native Rebellion of 1896 representing the "Cape Times" and "Daily Mail". Stent was present at battle of Thaba Amamba and Matoppo Campaign under