Search results
John Stith Pemberton (8 July 1831 – 16 August 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. On 8 May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold its rights to the drink shortly before his death in 1888.
Mar 12, 2017 · John Pemberton struggled with addiction for much of his life. Somewhere along the way, this addiction spurred the invention of a lifetime: Coca-Cola. You can thank morphine, not just cocaine, for the creation of the world's most popular beverage brand.
May 14, 2004 · John Stith Pemberton was the inventor of the Coca-Cola beverage. In his day Pemberton was a most respected member of the state’s medical establishment, but his gift was for medical chemistry rather than regular medicine.
Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca‑Cola, and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink.
Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton created the original formula on May 8, 1886. Born January 8, 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia, Pemberton earned his medical degree at age 19 from the Reform Medical College of Georgia in Macon.
American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton (1831-1888) was the inventor of Coca-Cola. Pemberton was not an amateur tinkerer. He was one of the most successful pharmacists and chemists of his time in Atlanta, Georgia, and he had created several widely distributed products before he began to work on his cola idea.
Apr 6, 2018 · Everyone has heard the rumors it once contained cocaine, but only a sliver of the population knows anything about its inventor John Stith Pemberton. According to The New Georgia Encyclopedia, John Stith Pemberton was born on January 8, 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia.
