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Nicolas Appert
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<p>Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was a French <a href="/facts/Confectioner/7h760gLH">confectioner</a> and <a href="/facts/Inventor/P3LdUHBY">inventor</a> who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight <a href="/facts/Food_preservation/6vkwko5H">food preservation</a>. Appert, known as the "<a href="/facts/List_of_persons_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_field/7QuPb8XF">father of</a> <a href="/facts/Food_science/FBjv8Gba">food science</a>", described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers". </p>