St. Elmo Brady

St Elmo Brady was an American chemist who was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. He received his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1916.

22 December 1884

Born on the same birth day (22 December): Carole James • Dina Meyer • Greg Finley • Hermann Samuel Reimarus • Maurice Gibb • Moonbyul • Myriam Bédard • Pierre Brasseur • Ray Guy • Roger II of Sicily • Steve Carlton • Étienne Martellange

Born in the same month (December 1884): Bobby Byrne (baseball) • Cornelia Meigs • Emil Starkenstein • Erima Northcroft • Francis Balfour (colonial administrator) • Hideki Tojo • John Carpenter (athlete) • John Gunn (Australian politician) • Karl Schmidt-Rottluff • María Cadilla • R. C. Majumdar • Rajendra Prasad • Samuel Berger (boxer) • Seibo Kitamura • Walther Stampfli