Felice Bisleri
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Felice Bisleri (30 November 1851 – 17 September 1921) was an Italian businessman, inventor and chemist. He was born[1] in Verolanuova near Brescia and established the Felice Bisleri & Co. chemical laboratory in Milan, developing the successful "Ferro-China Bisleri", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The company also made the wellselling "Nocera Umbra" mineral water named after Nocera Umbra (1894), as well as the "Esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899).[2]
Bisleri died in San Pellegrino. The Via Felice Bisleri in Milan is named after him. The Bisleri mineral water brand still exists, having been sold to India's Parle in the 1969.
Awards
- Silver Medal of Military Valor for his fighting at the Battle of Bezzecca (21 July, 1866)
References
- ^ "Un lutto dell'industria termominerale italiana - La morte di Felice Bisleri" (PDF). Giornale di San Pellegrino (in Italian). Società Volonté & C. 1921.
- ^ Medica in posa Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine and Ricordo di Felice Bislieri