Edward Bouchet : the first African-American doctorate / edited by Ronald E. Mickens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mickens, Ronald E., 1943-

Moore, Willie Hobbs.

Imes, Elmer Samuel, 1883-1941.

National Society of Black Scientists.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--United States--Biography.

Scientists.

Science--United States--Biography.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

First African American doctorate

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edward A Bouchet was the first African-American to receive the doctorate in any field of knowledge in the United States and that area was physics. He was granted the degree in 1876 from Yale University making him at that time one of the few persons to hold the physics doctorate from an American university. Bouchet played a significant role in the education of African-Americans during the last quarter of the 19th century through his teaching and mentoring activities at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one among a small number of African-Americans who achiev

Contents:

Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Early African American Presence in New Haven and Yale University ; The Educated American Black ; The New Haven-Yale Complex: Black People, Church and Events; Pioneering Americans at Yale ; Before Creed and Before Bouchet ; Bouchet and Yale

Chapter 2 Edward A. Bouchet - The Years at Hopkins Grammar School: 1868-1870 Bibliographical Note ; Bibliography ; Endnotes ; Chapter 3 Edward Alexander Bouchet - The Master Teacher and Educator ; Introduction ; Family and Educational Background ; The Philadelphia Years: 1876-1902

The Troubled Years: 1902-1918 The Promise Denied ; What Might Have Been ; Epilogue ; Photographs ; Chapter 4 In Search of Edward Bouchet ; Chapter 5 African Americans Enter Science ; Appendix A Letter From a Former Student of Bouchet

Appendix B Willie Hobbs Moore - First African American Woman Doctorate in Physics Selected Research Publications ; Appendix C Elmer Samuel Imes - Scientist, Inventor, Teacher, Scholar; New Field of Scholarship Opened ; An Engineer and Intellect in New York ; The Return to Fisk University ; References ; Collections

Appendix D The Genesis of the National Society of Black Physicists References ; Appendix E The Bouchet Institute ; I. First Edward Bouchet International Conference on Physics and Technology ; II. First Bouchet Council Meeting

III. The Constitution for the Edward Bouchet-Abdus Salam Institute

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789812777737

9812777733

OCLC:

879025303