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John Pemberton

@johnpemberton

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

Building The Coca-Cola Company as Founder · United States

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Lived
1831–1888
Educated at
Wesleyan College

About

John Pemberton (1831–1888) was an inventor and pharmaceutical industry. They were born in Knoxville. They studied at Wesleyan College.

In context

The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886 and has no closure on record. Among the 52 other beverage industry companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 79 years.

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