. "Nicolas Appert"@en . "Appert, Nicolas"@en . . "French inventor:airtight food preservation" . . . . "1841Z"^^ . "1841-06-01Z"^^ . "1749-11-17Z"^^ . "1749Z"^^ . . "Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 Ch\u00E2lons-sur-Marne (present Ch\u00E2lons-en-Champagne), present Marne \u2013 1 June 1841 Massy), was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the \"father of canning\", was a confectioner."@en .