Felice Bisleri
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Felice Bisleri (1851-1921) was an Italian businessman. He was born in Gerolanuova 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 "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899).[1]
Bisleri died in San Pellegrino. The Via Felice Bisleri in Milano is named after him, and the Bisleri mineral water brand still exists.
Awards
- Silver Medal of Military Valor for his fighting at Bezzecca (21 July 1866)
