death_date home_town birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
12 march 1929 villa rica villa rica , georgia american asa griggs candler 30 december 1851 coca-cola lucy elizabeth howard -lrb- 1878 -- 1919 -rrb- asa g. c. . jpg asa griggs candler
 asa griggs candler businessman
asa griggs candler

asa griggs candler -lrb- december 30 , 1851 -- march 12 , 1929 -rrb- was an american business tycoon who established the the coca-cola company .
he also served as the 44th mayor of atlanta , georgia from 1916 to 1919 .
candler field , the site of the present-day hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport , was named after him , as is candler park in atlanta .
