1813
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)
James McCune Smith
American physician (1813–1870)
- Born
- 1813
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, where a building has been dedicated to him. After his return to the United States, he also became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation.