1978
Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877)
Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877)
Thomas Wyatt Turner
American activist, botanist and educator (1877–1978)
- Died
- 1978
Thomas Wyatt Turner was an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. in botany, and helped found both the NAACP and the Federated Colored Catholics.