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William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 1849 – 1 May 1917) was a British-Australian businessman who was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia ( Iran ). The D’Arcy Concession was signed in 1901 and allowed D'Arcy to explore, obtain, and market oil, natural gas, asphalt, and ozokerite in Persia.
Delivery drivers stand next to their horse-drawn tank wagons, used for the distribution of oil products, which replaced barrel-laden carts from the 1880s. An early Power of Attorney document from 1905 by William Knox D'Arcy, in favour of John Richard Preece and GB Reynolds.
The vapours rose clearly in the sunlight, and stank of rotten eggs. But to the explorer George Reynolds it was the best thing he had smelled in seven years. He instructed the men to keep drilling. William Knox D'Arcy, the founder of BP, with his wife in their Edwardian English home.
William Knox D’Arcy (1849-1917) – The Irish Oil Tycoon Knox D’Arcy was one of Australia’s greatest entrepreneurs. The only son of an Irish-born solicitor, he is regarded as the founding father of the oil and petrochemical industry in Iran.
Apr 29, 2024 · As the first Westerner to discover the oil-production potential of the Middle East, D’Arcy effectively transformed the region into an area of enduring geopolitical interest. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica .
Dec 15, 1994 · D’ARCY, WILLIAM KNOX (b. Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England, 11 October 1849, d. Stanmore, Middlesex, England, 1 May 1917), petroleum entrepreneur and founder of the oil industry in Persia and the Middle East. The only son of an Irish solicitor, D’Arcy received his early education at Westminster School, London.
Feb 6, 2023 · Book of the Week: Uncommon Wealth. Kojo Koram | 6 Feb 2023 | Books. Kojo Koram tells how Britain’s richest corporation began life in Iran. In the first decade of the 20th century, a burly, moustachioed British businessman called William Knox D’Arcy began an audacious search for oil in Persia.
