Peter Durand (21 October 1766 – 23 July 1822) was an English merchant who is widely credited with receiving the first patent for the idea of preserving food using tin cans.
Then the whole item was to be heated by any means, such as an oven, stove or a steam bath, but most conveniently by immersing in water and boiling it.
[4][5] In his patent, Durand clearly mentions that the idea of the invention was communicated to him more than a year ago by a friend abroad.
The original inventor had only experimented with small food volumes, whereas Durand envisioned future large scale production and therefore preserved up to 30 pounds (13.6 kg) of meat in one can.
Donkin and Hall set up a commercial canning factory and by 1813 were producing their first canned goods for the British army.