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  John Stith Pemberton (1831-1888)
John Stith Pemberton was the inventor of the Coca-Cola beverage.
Pemberton served with distinction as a lieutenant colonel in the Third Georgia Cavalry Battalion during the Civil War (1861-65) and was almost killed in the fighting at Columbus in April 1865.
Pemberton was "the most noted physician Atlanta ever had," according to the Atlanta newspapers, but he is best known for his expertise in the laboratory, where he perfected the formula for Coca-Cola.
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Pemberton served on the first pharmacy licensing board in the state, established a modern chemical laboratory that was the first state-run facility to test soil and crop chemicals, and was a trustee of Emory University School of Medicine.
Pemberton fought for the Confederacy, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Georgia Cavalry regiment.
Pemberton was plagued by his morphine addiction and imbibed his cocawine and soda in an effort to control the addiction (both beverages contained coca leaf, of which cocaine is isolated —believed at the time to be helpful in combating dependence on opiates).
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 Home Page of Historic Columbus Foundation, Columbus Georgia
The Pemberton House is a Victorian cottage with elements of Greek-Revival which was occupied by Dr. John Stith Pemberton and his family from 1855-1860.
John Stith Pemberton was born in Knoxville, Georgia in 1833.
Dr. Pemberton died in Atlanta on August 16, 1888 at the age of fifty-five and it was reported all the drugstores in Atlanta were closed during the funeral.
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  John Pemberton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John married Wesleyan College student Ann Eliza Clifford Lewis and moved to Columbus, Georgia in 1853.
Pemberton served on the first pharmacy licensing board in the state, established a modern chemical laboratory that was the first state-run facility to test soil and crop chemicals, and was a trustee of Emory University School of Medicine.
John was plagued by his morphine addiction and imbibed his cocawine and soda in an effort to control the addiction (both beverages contained coca leaf, which in turn contains cocaine—believed at the time to be helpful in combating dependence on opiates).
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - John Pemberton
The Pembertons married July 20, 1828, in Crawford County, and John was born July 8, 1831.
John worked a druggist in Columbus, Georgia, and built a laboratory where he made and sold medicines, photographic chemicals, and cosmetic products including a popular perfume he called Sweet Southern Bouquet.
John was plagued by his morphine addiction and imbibed his Wine Cola and soda in an effort to control the addiction (both beverages contained coca leaf, which in turn contains cocaine - believed at the time to be helpful in combatting dependence on opiates).
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 Pemberton's French Wine Coca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pemberton's French Wine Coca was a cocawine created by the druggist John Stith Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola.
Pemberton claimed astounding medicinal properties for his French Wine Cola, which was marketed as a patent medicine.
It was also suggested as a cure for morphine addiction, which was increasingly common after the Civil War (Pemberton himself was addicted to the drug).
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 John Stith Pemberton (1831 - 1888), Coca Cola and Cocaine
John Stith Pemberton (1831 - 1888), Coca Cola and Cocaine
John Pemberton was a man with one great obsession: he wanted to invent the ultimate medicine and the perfect drink all rolled into one.
Pemberton laboured over the formula for the drink, sending samples down to the soda fountain at the local pharmacy to see how they would be received, and instructing his nephews to report people's comments on the new drink.
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 Dr. John Stith Pemberton, "The Inventor of Coca Cola" - A Confederate History Month Minute (15) - by Calvin E. Johnson, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Stith Pemberton, "The Inventor of Coca Cola"
John Stith Permberton, the inventor of Coca Cola, fought for the Confederacy during the War Between the States.
John Stith Permberton was born in Knoxville, Georgia in 1833.
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John was a druggist in Columbus and built a laboratory where he made and sold medicines, photographic chemicals, and cosmetic products including a popular perfume he called Sweet Southern Bouquet.
John began work on a coca and cola nut-based nerve tonic called Pemberton’s French Wine Cola when he was a druggist and chemist in Columbus.
When the prohibition law was repealed after just one year, Pemberton returned to concentration on his medicinal coca and wine formula, leaving development of the new fountain drink to his son Charles.
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 John Pemberton Information
John married Wesleyan College student Ann Eliza Clifford Lewis and moved to Columbus, Georgia in 1853.
John was plagued by his morphine addiction and imbibed his cocawine and soda in an effort to control the addiction (both beverages contained coca leaf, which in turn contains cocaine—believed at the time to be helpful in combating dependence on opiates).
John Pemberton's son Charley returned to Atlanta that same year and claimed his father had promised him a stake in the business.
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 Twentieth Anniversary
Coca-Cola's Cocaine Beginning: Coca-Cola was invented in the 1880s by Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton as a concoction of sugar, vanilla, citric acid, cola nut extract, cocaine, and damiana (a supposed aphrodisiac).
Pemberton, who suffered from a sever morphine addiction and was the inventor of numerous patent medicines, was obsessed with creating an ultimate 'tonic' that would make him world famous.
John Pemberton died in 1888 leaving the fate of Coca-Cola to Charley Pemberton, Venable, and Lowndes.
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 John Stith Pemberton (1831 - 1888), Coca Cola and Cocaine
John Stith Pemberton (1831 - 1888), Coca Cola and Cocaine
John Pemberton was a man with one great obsession: he wanted to invent the ultimate medicine and the perfect drink all rolled into one.
Pemberton laboured over the formula for the drink, sending samples down to the soda fountain at the local pharmacy to see how they would be received, and instructing his nephews to report people's comments on the new drink.
cocaine.org /coca-cola/index.html   (1231 words)

  
 Pemberton, John S
John Stith Pemberton was born in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent his childhood in Rome, Georgia.
Pemberton was a member of the first licensing agency for pharmacists in Georgia.
Pemberton added the extract from cola nuts, a strong stimulant containing caffeine, along with the coca, and he replaced the wine with sugar syrup.
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 John Pemberrton
The Pembertons married July 20, 1828, in Crawford County, and John was born July 8, 1831.
John was a druggist in Columbus and built a laboratory where he made and sold medicines, photographic chemicals, and cosmetic products including a popular perfume he called Sweet Southern Bouquet.
John began work on a coca and cola nut-based nerve tonic called Pemberton’s French Wine Cola when he was a druggist and chemist in Columbus.
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 John Stith (Styth) Pemberton
John Stith Pemberton born, Knoxville, GA. His middle name is sometimes misspelled as Styth.
Born in Knoxville then the county seat of rural Crawford County, Georgia, Pemberton's family moved to Rome, Georgia as a young child.
Pemberton followed his company, moving from Columbus to Atlanta himself in 1870.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: John Stith Pemberton (1831-1888)
Born on January 8, 1831, in Knoxville, Georgia, John Stith Pemberton grew up and attended the local schools in Rome,
and manufacturing laboratories of J. Pemberton and Company of Columbus were unique in the South.
Pemberton replied, "It is composed of an extract from the leaf of Peruvian Coca,
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Pemberton was a wizard at creating medicine but not very good at creating a profit.It was the others that reaped the rewards of his creations.
Coca-Cola" syrup.It was based on "Pemberton's French Wine Coca"which was patented in 1886 and sold as "an ideal nerve and tonic stimulant".He simply took out the wine and added caffeine, extract of cola and other oils.It is believed that he was trying to make a cure for headaches.
Pemberton liked the easy to remember name, so History was born.
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 Inventor of the Week: Archive
During the Civil War, Pemberton fought for the South, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He moved to Atlanta after the war where he began selling patent medicines and operated his own laboratory, the Pemberton Chemical Co. One of the products he sold was called “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca,” a drink made of wine and coca extract that was prescribed as a cure for nervous disorders, headache and other ailments.
Pemberton is remembered for his invention of the drink as well as for his contributions to medical reform and chemistry.
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 Dr. John S. Pemberton - inventor of Coca-Cola Nation's Restaurant News - Find Articles
It was a prohibition law, enacted in Atlanta in 1886, that persuaded physician and chemist Dr. John Stith Pemberton to rename and rewrite the formula for his popular nerve tonic, stimulant and headache remedy, "Pemberton's French Wine Coca," sold at that time by most, if not all, of the city's druggists.
Notwithstanding Pemberton's numerous professional and entrepreneurial accomplishments, however, Coca-Cola historians characterize him as "a local pharmacist" who concocted the world's most craved soft-drink syrup in a three-legged brass pot in his backyard.
King further noted that Pemberton, who practiced medicine and surgery as a young man and later became a trustee of the former Emory University School of Medicine, earned a solid reputation for his skill in chemistry and his work in medical reform.
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 HISTORY OF COCA COLA INVENTED BY JOHN PEMBERTON PHARMACIST 1886 BEVERAGES, COCA COLA, SOLAR COLA, VIRGIN, PEPSI, COKE, ...
John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard.
John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, after Pemberton's death the remainder was sold to Candler.
Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of poor health and was in debt.
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 Spotlight on Golden Age Advertising - Coca Cola: History
Convinced as he was of the virtues of the coca leaf, and kola nut, Pemberton focused his efforts towards a "temperance" drink based on these ingredients and the essential oils they contained.
He pressured Pemberton to engage in lavish advertising promotions, issuing free drink coupons and plastering Atlanta with oil-cloth banners and streetcar signs to promote the brand.
Ironically, Pemberton then sold the rights to the Coca-Cola formula--he'd developed cancer and his morphine addiction had likely become very serious--but in 1887, he sold Willis Venable and George Lowndes two-thirds of the rights to the formula.
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 Inventor John Pemberton Biography
The history of Coke is the history of its advertising, and this documentary draws on a rich archive of print, film, and television material to show how John Pemberton's soda recipe became such a potent symbol of American society.
John Pemberton walked the first gallon of Coca-Cola syrup to Jacob’s Pharmacy on May 8, 1886.
Pemberton fought for the Confederacy in the War Between the States.
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 Thomas Online - De Geschiedenis van Coca-Cola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The doctor's first coca leaf drink, Pemberton's French Wine Coca, was actually one of of the many imitations of "Vin Mariani", a coca-wine drink invented by Angelo Mariani in 1883.
But Pemberton was very ill, not to mention he was a morphine addict.
The days that Pemberton was not able to work, he kept the company alive.
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 Encyclopedia: John Pemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Jump to: navigation, search The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right...
Charley Pemberton (1854- 1894) was the son of John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola.
Coca Cola Corporation was incorporated by Asa Candler, Charley Pemberton and Woolfolk Walker in 1888 and was a forerunner of todays The Coca Cola Corporation.
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 John C. Pemberton Biography Page
Pemberton's first significant duty came in March 1862, when he was promoted to major general and took command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia.
Pemberton became a pariah in the South and was accused by his immediate superior, General Johnston, of causing he Confederate disaster by disobeying orders.
John Pemberton might have made a positive contribution to the Confederate war effort had his talents been properly used.
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 John S. Pemberton, LLS4 - MSAD50   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John had siblings and their names were Ann, Archy, Mary and Martha.
John was a druggist in Columbus and built a laboratory.
Before John changed the name to “Coca Cola,” it was called “Pemberton’s French Wine Cola.” It was made in Atlanta 1886.
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 John S. Pemberton, LLS4 - MSAD50   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John had siblings and their names were Ann, Archy, Mary and Martha.
John got a degree and later a graduate degree in pharmacy.
John was a druggist in Columbus and built a laboratory.
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