Dr Christopher Merrett
(1614-1695)

Died aged c. 81

Christopher Merret FRS, FRCP (16 February 1614/1615 – 19 August 1695), also spelt Merrett, was an English physician and scientist. He was the first to document the deliberate addition of sugar for the production of sparkling wine, and produced the first lists of British birds and butterflies.

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Birthplace of Christopher Merrett (1614-1695) scientist, physician, naturalist and metallurgist. In 1662 he documented how to put the fizz into sparkling wine.

Gloucester Street, Winchcombe, United Kingdom where they was born (1614)