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John Pemberton
John Stith Pemberton was an American pharmacist, chemist, and Confederate States Army officer who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to Asa Griggs Candler for roughly $300 dollars shortly before his death in 1888.
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business · American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831–1888) · inventor · pharmaceutical industry · businessperson · also John Pemberton, John Stith Pemberton, John S. Pemberton, John S Pemberton, Pemberton
Born 8 July 1831 · Died 16 August 1888 · Q215959
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1971· 1 entry
They lived in a Victorian cottage, the Pemberton House in Columbus, a home of historic significance which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1971.
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1888· 2 entries
Died 1888-08-16.
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Pemberton and his son sold the remaining portion of the patent to a fellow Atlanta pharmacist, Asa Griggs Candler, for $300 (USD), which in 2026 purchasing power is equal to $10,545
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1886· 2 entries
Developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to Asa Griggs Candler for roughly $2300 (equivalent to $82,417 in 2025) shortly before his death in 1888
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When Atlanta and Fulton County enacted temperance legislation, Pemberton had to produce a non-alcoholic alternative to his French Wine Coca
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1866· 1 entry
Seeking a cure for his addiction, he began to experiment with painkillers that would serve as morphine-free alternatives
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1854· 1 entry
Their only child, Charles Nay Pemberton, was born in 1854.
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1850· 1 entry
At the age of nineteen, he earned his medical degree
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1831· 2 entries
In Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia
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Born 1831-07-08.
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