Claud A. Hatcher, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Claud A. Hatcher

American chemist

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1876

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1933

Profession: inventor, chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Claud Adkins Hatcher (August 20, 1876 – December 31, 1933) was an American businessman.
He invented the RC (Royal Crown) brand of beverages.
He was a Columbus, Georgia based pharmacist and son of grocer.Through the family-owned Hatcher Grocery Company, Hatcher introduced a carbonated soft drink in 1905 called Royal Crown Ginger Ale.
Other flavors, including their flagship cola, followed.
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.