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Nicolas Appert
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".
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business · French confectioner and inventor (1749–1841) · confectioner · inventor · engineer · businessperson · also Nicolas Appert, Appert
Born 17 November 1749 · Died 1 June 1841 · Q39637
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1991· 1 entry
A monumental statue of Appert, a work in bronze by the artist Jean-Robert Ipousteguy, was erected in Châlons-en-Champagne
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1985· 1 entry
A street in Paris, the Rue Nicolas-Appert, was constructed and named in his honour
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1841· 1 entry
Died 1841-06-01.
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1828· 1 entry
Opened yet another factory in the city
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1822· 1 entry
Won gold medal presented by Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (1822).
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1816· 2 entries
Won silver medal presented by Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (1816).
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And 1820 respectively, it was not until 1824 that he received the 2,000 francs associated with them
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1812· 1 entry
Englishmen Bryan Donkin and John Hall purchased both patents and began producing preserves
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1810· 2 entries
The Bureau of Arts and Manufactures of the Ministry of the Interior gave Appert an ex gratia payment of 12,000 francs on condition that he make his process public
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British inventor and merchant Peter Durand patented his own method, but this time in a tin can, thus creating the modern-day process of canning foods
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1806· 1 entry
Appert presented a selection of bottled fruits and vegetables from his manufacture at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française, but did not win any reward
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1804· 1 entry
La Maison Appert (English: The House of Appert), in the town of Massy, near Paris, became the first food bottling factory in the world, years before Louis Pasteur proved that heat killed bacteria
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1749· 1 entry
Born 1749-11-17.
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