John Pemberton

Also known as John Stith Pemberton, John S. Pemberton, John S Pemberton

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

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John Pemberton was an American pharmacist who invented Coca-Cola in 1831, creating one of the world's most iconic beverages. His invention matters because it became a hugely successful product that shaped popular culture and the beverage industry for generations to come.

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Works: 14

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Disease in an affluent society
The health of the elderly at home
Contributions to the theory of non-linear time series models
Diary of John Pemberton
An address to the County of York respecting the formation of a railway company and the making a railway from York to the Darlington Railway with a branch to Ripon and the rules of such company

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1977-11-03

cinematic classical

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Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners: 60
Total plays: 87

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Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
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Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
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Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
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Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
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The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,859x

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Commons category: John Pemberton
date of birth: 1831-07-08
date of death: 1888-08-16
name in native language: John Pemberton

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John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist, chemist, and Confederate States Army officer 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 Asa Griggs Candler for roughly 2,300 ($79,946.31 in 2026) dollars shortly before his death in 1888.

Pemberton suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus. His efforts to control his chronic pain led to morphine addiction. In an attempt to curb his addiction he began to experiment with various painkillers and toxins. The development of an earlier beverage blending alcohol and cocaine led to the recipe that later was adapted to make Coca-Cola.