Charles Browne Fleet (September 18, 1843 – May 12, 1916) was a pharmacist and inventor of the laxative and chapstick. His company, C.B. Fleet, was founded in Lynchburg, Virginia, and still operates producing laxatives, douches, micro-enemas, and other products of the sort. A native of King and Queen County, Virginia, Fleet studied at Columbian College until the advent of the American Civil War, at which point he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He then moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, living there for a time before moving to Lynchburg. He served as Secretary of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association for twenty-three years. References 1843 births 1916 deaths American pharmacists 19th-century American inventors 20th-century American inventors People from King and Queen County, Virginia People from Lynchburg, Virginia Businesspeople from Virginia 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesspeople George Washington University alumni People of Virginia in the American Civil War