Asa Griggs Candler
Purchased Coca-Cola recipe; founded Coca-Cola Company; Atlanta mayor.
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Asa Griggs Candler, who founded the Coca-Cola Company, was a banker, real estate developer, and philanthropist.[1]
Key facts and history
He became a successful manufacturer of patent medicines before buying the rights to Coca-Cola.[1] By 1892, his merchandising had boosted Coca-Cola syrup sales nearly tenfold.[2] In 1895, Candler announced that Coca-Cola was drunk in every state and territory in the United States.[2] He removed the cocaine component from coca leaves in 1903.[3]
A stroke in 1926 left Candler disabled, and he passed away on March 12, 1929.[4]
What the cited sources add
It also states that he won an extended legal battle with the Food and Drug Administration over Coca-Cola’s healthfulness by 1920.[1] It also states that large-scale bottling rights were secured by Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead in 1899.[2]
References
- "Asa Candler (1851-1929)", Georgiaencyclopedia.org. facts only, no text reused. georgiaencyclopedia.org
- "The Asa Candler Era", www.coca-colacompany.com. facts only, no text reused. coca-colacompany.com
- Wikipedia, "Asa Griggs Candler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ray Sturgess, "Freud, Sherlock Holmes and Coca Cola: the cocaine connection", Pharmaceutical-journal.com, 23 December 2000 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Asa Griggs Candler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A.G. Candler, Maker Of Coca-Cola, Dies. Atlanta Philanthropist, 77, Had Been Ill in Hospital Founded by Him Since 1926. Amassed Large Fortune. Methodists Got $7,000,000. Other Millions Used to Help South In Times of Str; "Asa Candler (1851-1929)", Georgiaencyclopedia.org (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Asa Griggs Candler (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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