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Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon who made most of his money selling Coca-Cola. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries He also served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1916 to 1919. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Candler Field, the site of the present-day Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was named after him, as is Candler Park in Atlanta and Candler County which contains the towns of Metter and Pulaski. Candler Park is a 55 acre (223000 m² city park located at 585 Candler Park Drive NE in Atlanta Georgia, named after Asa Griggs Candler who donated this land Candler County is a County located in the US state of Georgia. Metter is a city in Candler County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3879 at the 2000 census Pulaski is a town in Candler County, Georgia, United States. The population was 261 at the 2000 census

Candler was born in Villa Rica, Georgia. Villa Rica (ˌvɪləˈrɪkə is a city in Carroll and Douglas Counties in the U He began his business career as a drugstore owner and manufacturer of patent medicines. In 1887 he bought the formula for Coca-Cola from its inventor John Pemberton and several other share-holders for $2,300. John Stith Pemberton ( January 8, 1831 &ndash August 16, 1888) was an American Druggist and the inventor of Cola The success of Coca-Cola was largely due to Candler's aggressive marketing of the product. In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of Candler made millions of dollars from his investment, allowing him to establish Central Bank and Trust Company, invest in real estate, and became a major philanthropist for the Methodist Church. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations He gave $1 million dollars plus a land gift to Emory University, at that time a Methodist college, for the school to move from Oxford, Georgia to Atlanta. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, Oxford is a city in Newton County, Georgia, in the United States. This gift was influenced by Asa's younger brother Methodist Bishop Warren Akin Candler who became president of Emory. Warren Akin Candler (1857 &ndash 25 September 1941) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, elected in 1898 Candler also gave millions to what would later become Emory Hospital. The school's original library which now houses classrooms and a reading room is named for him, as well as endowed chairs in the school's chemistry department.

In 1906 he completed the city's tallest building, the Candler Building, whose intricately detailed 17 stories still stand at Peachtree and Auburn.

Candler became mayor of Atlanta in 1916 and ended his day-to-day management of the Coca-Cola Company. As mayor he balanced the city budget and coordinated rebuilding efforts after the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 destroyed 1,500 homes. The Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 began just after noon on Monday May 21 and was finally extinguished by 10 PM In 1919 he gave most of the stock in The Coca-Cola Company to his children, who later sold it to a group of investors led by Ernest Woodruff. The Coca-Cola Company ( is the world's largest beverage company largest manufacturer distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and Syrups in the world Ernest Woodruff ( May 23, 1863 - June 5, 1944) was an important businessman in the U In 1922 he donated over 50 acres of his Druid Hills holdings to city for what became Candler Park. Druid Hills is a Census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia (part of the greater Atlanta metropolitan area Candler suffered a stroke in 1926 and died March 12, 1929. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is buried at Westview Cemetery

The Candler home at 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue eventually became St. John Chrysostom Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Westview Cemetery, located in Atlanta Georgia, is the largest cemetery in the South East comprising over 582 acres 50% of which is undeveloped This article refers to the Christian saint For other uses of the name see Chrysostomos. Meaning of church name Melkite comes from the Syriac word malko for "imperial" which was originally a Pejorative term for Middle-Eastern [1]

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Preceded by
James G. Woodward		 Mayor of Atlanta
1917 – 1919		 Succeeded by
James L. Key

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