About Richard Theodore Greener

Richard Theodore Greener was a pioneering African-American scholar, excelling in elocution, philosophy, law and classics in the Reconstruction era. In 1870, he became the first black undergraduate at Harvard University to receive a bachelor's degree.

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Occupation: librarian, diplomat, lawyer, classical scholar
Position held: professor, dean
Citizenship: United States
Born: January 30, 1844
Died: May 15, 1922

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Richard Theodore Greener

Scholar, diplomat, attorney, and the first African-American graduate of Harvard University and Phillips Academy Andover (1844–1922)

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About Richard Theodore Greener

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Occupation: librarian, diplomat, lawyer, classical scholar
Position held: professor, dean
Citizenship: United States
Born: January 30, 1844
Died: May 15, 1922

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Unknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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