Elbert Frank Cox

Elbert Frank Cox was an American mathematician. He was the first African American to receive a PhD in mathematics, which he earned at Cornell University in 1925.

5 December 1895

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Born in the same month (December 1895): Carol Ryrie Brink • E. Roland Harriman • George VI • Harriet Cohen • Lucía Sánchez Saornil • Marie Hall Ets • Noel Streatfeild