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
Born on the same birth day (5 December): Casey Ribicoff • Conan Gray • Eduard Seler • Ellis Parker Butler • Frankie Muniz • Harry Nelson Pillsbury • Jacopo Sala • Jim Plunkett • Kali Rocha • Kim Simmonds • Manish Malhotra • Matthew Taylor (political strategist) • Otto Preminger • Pablo Morales • President of Nicaragua • Władysław Szpilman
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