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12,000 francs

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41-43 Elgin Street
Hong Kong, SAR
Tel: +852 2529 3100
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Conor Beach
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2016 - Present 		>

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  • 12,000 francs was the cash incentive offered by Napoleon Bonaparte for the creation of a more durable food preservation method for the French army. Although offered in 1795 the prize was not claimed until 1810 by Nicolas François Appert, who is now known as the "father of canning".

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