Nicolas Appert
French inventor:airtight food preservation
Died when: 91 years 196 days (1098 months)Star Sign: Scorpio

Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was the French inventor of airtight food preservation.Appert, known as the "father of Food Science", was a confectioner.
Appert described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers".
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