Felice Bisleri
Felice Bisleri (30 nov 1851- 17 sept 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 Milano, 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 Milano is named after him, and the Bisleri mineral water brand still exists after to be sold to India's industry in the 1969.
Awards
- Silver Medal of Military Valor for his fighting at Bezzecca (21 July 1866)
References
- ^ "Un lutto dell'industria termominerale italiana - La morte di Felice Bisleri. Giornale di San Pellegrino" (PDF). Società Volonté & C. 1921.
- ^ Medica in posa and Ricordo di Felice Bislieri