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Bouchet, Edward A. (Edward Alexander), 1852-1918
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15 September 1852- 28 October 1918
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Edward Alexander Bouchet (September 15, 1852 – October 28, 1918) was an African American physicist and educator. In 1874, he became one of the first African Americans to graduate from Yale College,[a] and was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university, completing his dissertation in physics at Yale in 1876. On the basis of his academic record he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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14437769
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2015.01.01 Anna St.Onge
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- English
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- Latin