Doctor James McCune Smith

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James McCune Smith

Living place: New York

Birthday: 18-4-1813

Global rank: #73442

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Who is Doctor James McCune Smith?
Doctor, author and abolitionist who is notable for becoming the first African-American in history to earn a medical degree. He is a member of the Anti-Slavery Society of America and uses his background to disprove popular beliefs about medicine and race-related intelligence.
Despite his vast success in the field of medicine, he was never admitted to the American Medical Association due to racism.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was a standout student at the African Free School in Manhattan. The school provided him with the means to travel abroad to attend the University of Glasgow, where he obtained his medical degree in 1837.

Family life info

He and his wife Malvina Barnet are both of mixed African and European ancestry. He had a total of seven children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Doctor James McCune Smith?
He helped found the National Council of Colored People along with former slave and fellow abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

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When was Doctor James McCune Smith born?
James McCune Smith was born in 18-4-1813, death year is , at the age of 211.
Where is Doctor James McCune Smith's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
James McCune Smith was born in New York, . is a Doctor, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. James McCune Smith's global rank is 73442 and whose rank is 184 in list of famous Doctor.
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Events in 1813 and 18-4

Birthday James McCune Smith (18-4) in history

  • Day 18-4 year 1775: Silversmith Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.
  • Day 18-4 year 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over 4 sq mi. and killed over 500 people.
  • Day 18-4 year 1923: The first game was played in Yankee Stadium (“the House that Ruth built”). Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1.
  • Day 18-4 year 1956: Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
  • Day 18-4 year 1968: London Bridge was sold to an American. It was rebuilt in Arizona.
  • Day 18-4 year 1978: The U.S. Senate voted to hand over the Panama Canal to Panamanian control on Dec. 31, 1999.
  • Day 18-4 year 2002: Afghanistan’s former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, returned after 29 years in exile.
  • Day 18-4 year 2012: American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve host Dick Clark died of heart failure.
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