Donkin
Speech parts
1. Donkin - Noun
2. Donkin - Proper noun
Meaning
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
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Donkin, his legal colleague, supported him in his career move, providing financial backing for the new venture.
Donkin (2001) p. 9 One of the best known of these masts, known as Mohammed Mast, lived at Meher Baba's encampment at Meherabad until his death in 2003.
In 1812, Englishmen Bryan Donkin and John Hall purchased both patents and began producing preserves.