1895-1991 Marguerite Thomas Williams, Geologist

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Marguerite Thomas Williams,  Geologist

contributed to blackpast.org nov 15, 2017 by  SARA DIAZ

"Marguerite Thomas Williams, born in 1895, was the first African American (male or female) to earn a Ph.D. in geology.  Like Roger Arliner Young, Williams was mentored by African American biologist Ernest Everett Just.

    Williams earned her bachelor’s degree in geology from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1923.  Just considered Williams for a position at the University but chose to award it to Roger Arliner Young.  However, Williams found work as an assistant professor at Miner Teacher’s College in Washington, D.C. where she was chair of the Division of Geography between 1923 and 1933.  

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