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Elbert Frank Cox

Elbert Frank Cox. By: Abby Schreader. Background. Born in Evansville, Indiana in 1895 Father was a teacher Attended a segregated school Married to Beulah Kaufman Had 4 children. College Life. In 1913, he attended college at Indiana University Majored in Math

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Elbert Frank Cox

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  1. Elbert Frank Cox By: Abby Schreader

  2. Background • Born in Evansville, Indiana in 1895 • Father was a teacher • Attended a segregated school • Married to Beulah Kaufman • Had 4 children

  3. College Life • In 1913, he attended college at Indiana University • Majored in Math • Graduated with Bachelor’s Degree in 1917 • Left to serve in the Army during World War I

  4. Grad School • Attended Cornell University 1922 • His thesis was titled Polynomial solutions of difference equations • KKK was very active in this area • First African American to receive Ph.D. in Mathematics in the world

  5. Teaching Career Taught in • public schools in Henderson, Kentucky • Shaw University in North Carolina • West Virginia State College • Howard University Retired in 1965

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