However, negative public sentiments about alcoholism in those days forced Pemberton to create a non alcoholic version of the drug. John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. Er war überzeugt, durch das Kokain bald vom Morphium abzulassen. Sick and desperate, he began selling rights to his formula to his business partners in Atlanta. John Pemberton's uncle was Confederate Lt. General John Clifford Pemberton. Discover the family tree of John Stith Pemberton for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. It was Pemberton's practice to organize a business as a copartnership and then convert it into a corporation. With the nationwide threat of Prohibition looming, John Pemberton sought to protect his interests and removed the alcoholic ingredient from the drink’s recipe in 1886, replacing the wine with a sugary syrup. John Pemberton by: www.coca-cola-deutschland.de John Pemberton - Apotheker und Erfinder. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. People Projects Discussions Surnames Pemberton war Mitglied der Freimaurerloge Columbian Lodge No. Soon after Coca-Cola hit the market, Dr. Pemberton fell ill and nearly bankrupt. He soon became addicted to the morphine used to ease his pain. Seine Ausbildung zum Apotheker begann er mit 17 Jahren unweit entfernt von seiner Heimat an dem Southern Medical College of Georgia. [7] After initially practicing some medicine and surgery, Dr. Pemberton opened a drug store in Columbus. At the time of his death, he also suffered from poverty and addiction to morphine. Seine ersten Kreationen waren Eureka Oil, Dr. Stanford's Great Invigorator und Southern Cordial. He entered the Reform Medical College of Georgia in Macon, Georgia, and in 1850, at the age of nineteen, he earned his medical degree. A few years before Coca-Cola began its spectacular rise to international acclaim, a drink known as Pemberton's French Wine Coca was extremely popular in Atlanta. Copyright 2004-2020 by Georgia Humanities and the University of Georgia Press. Pemberton died at the age of 57 on August 16, 1888. Pemberton was born on July 8, 1831, in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia. Although the name refers to the two main ingredients, because of controversy over its cocaine content, The Coca-Cola Company later said that the name was "meaningless but fanciful". Stith Pemberton entered the Reform Medical College of Georgia in Macon, Georgia, and in 1850, at the age of nineteen, he earned his medical degree. Jeremy Agnew, Alcohol and Opium in the Old West, 173. In his day Pemberton was a most respected member of the state's medical establishment, but his gift was for medical chemistry rather than regular medicine. 01 June 2020. Pemberton was born on July 8, 1831, in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia. In 1869 he became a principal partner in the firm of Pemberton, Wilson, Taylor and Company, which was based in Atlanta, where he moved in 1870. Working with his longtime friend Willis E. Venable, the pair rebranded the item Coca-Cola, which they would have intended for medicinal use had they not accidentally added carbonated water to the mixture. Pemberton took his product to a pharmacy down the street and arranged for it to be sold in soda fountains for five cents a glass. John Stith Pemberton (* 8. He studied at a local medical school in Georgia, and became a licensed pharmacist in 1850, at the age of nineteen. Though born in nearby Knoxville, Georgia, Pemberton, as a young child, moved with his family to the larger city of Columbus, Georgia. Drei Jahre nach dem ersten Treffen, 1853, heirateten die beiden und bekamen ein Jahr später ihr erstes und einziges Kind, Charley.