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John Stith Pemberton

1831 - 1888

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John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran 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 the drink shortly before his death in 1888. He 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Stith Pemberton is the 14th most popular chemist (up from 36th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from United States (up from 339th in 2019) and the most popular American Chemist.

John Stith Pemberton is most famous for inventing Coca-Cola.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, John Stith Pemberton ranks 14 out of 602. Before him are Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Robert Boyle, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, and Svante Arrhenius. After him are Edwin McMillan, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Raymond Davis Jr., August Kekulé, William Ramsay, and Adolf Windaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, John Stith Pemberton ranks 2. Before him is James Clerk Maxwell. After him are Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, Sitting Bull, James A. Garfield, Emperor Kōmei, Richard Dedekind, Xianfeng Emperor, Savitribai Phule, Leo von Caprivi, and Lucy Webb Hayes. Among people deceased in 1888, John Stith Pemberton ranks 3. Before him are William I, German Emperor, and Louisa May Alcott. After him are John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Carl Zeiss, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Przhevalsky, François Achille Bazaine, and Anton Mauve.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Stith Pemberton ranks 112 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Stallman (1953), Louis Armstrong (1901), Marvin Gaye (1939), Vince McMahon (1945), Jim Morrison (1943), and Calvin Klein (1942). After him are Edwin McMillan (1907), Samuel Morse (1791), Ezra Pound (1885), Frank Sinatra (1915), Charles Manson (1934), and Grace Hopper (1906).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, John Stith Pemberton ranks 1. After him are Edwin McMillan (1907), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), George Washington Carver (1864), John Fenn (1917), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Linus Pauling (1901), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), John Howard Northrop (1891), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), and Robert S. Mulliken (1896).

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