John Stith Pemberton
American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888) · United States · Scientists · Died at 57
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Something wrong?He mixed the syrup that became Coca-Cola in 1886, then sold the whole thing for roughly $2,300 and died two years later.
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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.
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