Nicolas Appert
✶November 17, 1749
†June 1, 1841
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✶November 17, 1749
†June 1, 1841
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Nicolas Appert was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers".
French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)
Biography from the article Nicolas Appert on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.