biography
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Candler, Asa (Griggs)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1851–1929)
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| biography:
| Manufacturer, born in Carroll Co, Georgia, USA. He left the family farm to become a doctor in Atlanta, but turned to pharmacy (1873). In 1887 he bought sole rights to John S Pemberton's original formula for Coca-Cola and formed the Coca-Cola Co in 1890. Marketing and manufacturing the soft drink until 1919, he sold the company after a long federal suit over Coca-Cola's healthfulness. He invested heavily in real estate, and as a public-spirited citizen he served as Mayor of Atlanta. A generous donor to many causes and institutions, he funded a teaching hospital for Atlanta's Emory University medical school. |
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