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November 17, 1865 (52 years old)
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Aries
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James McCune Smith
James McCune Smith was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author in New York City. He was the first African American to hold a medical degree and graduated at the top in his class at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. After his return to the United States, he became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation. In addition to practicing as a doctor for nearly 20 years at the Colored Orphan Asylum in Manhattan, Smith was a public intellectual: he contributed articles to medical journals, participated in learned societies, and wrote numerous essays and articles drawing from his medical and statistical training. He used his training in medicine and statistics to refute common misconceptions about race, intelligence, medicine, and society in general. Invited as a founding member of the New York Statistics Society in 1852, which promoted a new science, he was elected as a member in 1854 of the recently founded American Geographic Society.
BornApril 18, 1813, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 1865, Long Island, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
FieldsInternal medicine
InstitutionsColored Orphan Asylum, Wilberforce College
Alma materAfrican Free School, Glasgow University

About James McCune Smith

Doctor James McCune Smith was born on April 18, 1813 in New York, United States (He dies at the age of 52, on November 17, 1865).

Physician, author, and abolitionist who holds the distinction of becoming the first African-American to acquire a medical degree in history. He was a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society and utilized his platform to dispute commonly held race-related ideas about health and IQ.

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James McCune Smith before becoming famous

James McCune Smith was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1813 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a star student at Manhattan's African Free School. He was able to attend the University of Glasgow, where he received his medical degree in 1837, thanks to the school's financial support.

Achievement of James McCune Smith

Despite his enormous achievements in medicine, he was never admitted to the American Medical Association because of racial prejudice.

James McCune Smith's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Malvina Barnet, his wife, was of mixed African and European origin. He has seven children in total.

James McCune Smith Collabed with

Along with former slave and fellow abolitionist Autobiographer Frederick Douglass, he helped found the National Council of Colored People.

Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) (Autobiographer)
Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)

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James McCune Smith Income & Net worth

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James McCune Smith Height and Weight

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