David Francis Kessler, OBE, (6 June 1906 - 24 November 1999) was a British publisher and author.
[1][2][3] His father, Leopold Kessler, was a friend of Theodor Herzl, an early proponent of Zionism, and a shareholder of The Jewish Chronicle.
Kessler was educated at Leighton Park School in Reading before graduating from the University of Cambridge, where he earned a bachelor's degree in law and economics.
[1][2][3] Kessler began his career by working for Antonin Besse,[3] an oil and shipping businessman with ties to the Royal Dutch Shell in Aden, Yemen.
[1] Instead, he appointed John Maurice Shaftesley, who remained in the post until 1958, when he hired William Frankel.