# John Stith Pemberton

> He mixed the syrup that became Coca-Cola in 1886, then sold the whole thing for roughly $2,300 and died two years later. The formula came from chasing relief: a Civil War sabre wound left him morphine-dependent, and his experiments with painkillers and cocaine yielded the drink that would outlive him by more than a century.

*American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1831-07-08
- **Died:** 1888-08-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John Stith Pemberton was an American pharmacist and chemist who served as a Confederate States Army officer. In April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus, he took a sabre wound that left him in chronic pain. His attempts to manage it led to morphine addiction. Searching for an alternative, he began experimenting with painkillers and toxins, developing a beverage that blended alcohol and cocaine. On May 8, 1886, he adapted that recipe into an early version of what would become Coca-Cola. Shortly before his death in 1888, he sold the rights to Asa Griggs Candler for roughly $2,300.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Entrepreneurship, #Chemistry, #United States, #Americas, #19th Century

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