Thomas Wyatt Turner
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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 Colo
Thomas Wyatt Turner
The Catholic University of America is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States –
Thomas Wyatt Turner
…the Howard University Preparatory School. He studied at Howard University gaining B. S. (1901) and M. A. (1905) degrees. In 1901, he attended the Catholic University of America briefly to further improve his scientific knowledge but had to leave because it was too expensive. In 1921, he obtained a PhD in botany from Cornell…
Pope Leo XIII, who granted Catholic University of America its charter in April 1886
A blimp over Gibbons Hall during the 1917–18 school year
An aerial view of the university's campus in 1920
Caldwell Hall in August 2019