Claud A. Hatcher

Inventor, Deceased Person

1876 – 1933

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Who was Claud A. Hatcher?

Claud Adkins Hatcher invented RC beverages. He was a Columbus, Georgia pharmacist and son of a grocer.

Through the family-owned Hatcher Grocery Company, Hatcher introduced a cola drink in 1905 called Royal Crown Ginger Ale. In the same year a company was formed to bottle the popular drinks, Union Bottling Works.

Hatcher is buried in the Riverdale Cemetery in Muscogee County, Georgia. His will established the Pickett & Hatcher Educational Fund, a non-profit student lender.

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Born
Aug 20, 1876
Also known as
  • Claude Hatcher
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Columbus
Died
Dec 31, 1933

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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