Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939
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Name (Latin)
Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939
Date of birth
1863-07-23
Date of death
1939-12-29
Field of activity
Authors
Civil rights workers
Educators
Essayists
Mathematicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Oxford African American Studies Center Online (Oxford AASC), viewed October 1, 2021(Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Essayist; born 18 July 1863 in Winnsboro, South Carolina; studied advanced mathematics with Captain Edgar Frisby, an English mathematician at the U.S. Naval Observatory; admitted as the first African American student into Johns Hopkins University, based off of the recommendation of Simon Newcomb, Frisby's chief at the observatory; taught at the M Street High School (now Dunbar High School) in Washington, D.C.; appointed professor of mathematics, and later sociology at Howard University; appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; became head of the department of Sociology (1915-25); elected chairman of the Negro Sanhedrin, a civil rights conference held in Chicago, Illinois; died 29 December 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia)
- Wikipedia, viewed October 1, 2021(Kelly Miller was an American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist, author; Miller started off publishing his articles anonymously in the Boston Transcript)
- Author's The primary needs of the negro race ... 1899.