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  1. John Stith Pemberton. John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran 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 the drink shortly before his death in 1888.

  2. 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. He made a name for himself in the state’s medical establishment, though his ...

  3. The product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. 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.

  4. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › john-pembertonJohn Pemberton - Lemelson

    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. He practiced some medicine and surgery early in his career, later opening his own drug store in Columbus, Georgia.

  5. May 14, 2004 · 1831-1888. 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. He was a practical pharmacist and chemist of great skill, active all his life in medical reform, and a respected ...

  6. John Stith Pemberton was born on January 8, 1831, in the small town of Knoxville, Georgia, near Macon, but he grew up mostly in Rome, in Georgia's Appalachian foothills, and attended schools there. His father, James Clifford Pemberton, was a native of North Carolina. Pemberton returned to Macon to enroll at the Reform Medical College of Georgia ...

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  8. Pemberton’s transformation from pharmacist to creator of a global phenomenon is fascinating. The Early Life of John Pemberton . Born on July 8th, 1831, in Knoxville Georgia, John Pemberton was the son of James C. Pemberton and Martha L. Grant. Most of his early childhood was spent in Rome, Georgia, and his family was comfortably middle class.

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