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James McCune Smith

James McCune Smith
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (d. 1865)

James McCune Smith was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. After his return to the United States, he also became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation.

18 April 1813

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