Augustus Nathaniel Lushington

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Augustus Lushington
Born(1869-08-01)August 1, 1869
Trinidad, British West Indies
Died1939 (aged 6970)
Alma mater Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
OccupationVeterinarian

August Nathaniel Lushington (born August 1, 1869 - 1939) became the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1897. He practiced about two years in Philadelphia and worked as an instructor in Veterinary Sanitation and Hygiene at Bell Mead Industrial and Agricultural College at Rock Castle, West Virginia. Later, he practiced for much of his career in segregated Lynchburg, Virginia. He had memberships in the statistical reporter to the Bureau of Animal Industry, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Lychburg Chamber of Commerce.

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College education

His college education started when he married his wife Elizabeth Hubert from Antigua. Her west Indian friends helped Augustus enroll in Cornell University to study Agriculture. He graduated with a degree in Agriculture in 1894.

Since there was no work for him at the time he left the West Indies, he migrated to the United States. [1] He graduated in three years from the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school. He was the only African American to graduate from the university. His portrait hangs at the main entrance of the Rosenthal building. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Little-Known Black History Fact: Augustus Nathaniel Lushington". Blackamericaweb.com. Retrieved 2010-09-19.