# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-stith-pemberton
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:05:38.138Z

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name: "John Stith Pemberton"
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description: "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."
tagline: "American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888)"
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birthDate: "1831-07-08"
deathDate: "1888-08-16"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.