Evelyn E. Thornton
Born:
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Texas Southern
University
University of Houston
1973
thesis: - ; advisor: David Bourgin
area of degree: Algebraic Topology
chair of the mathematics
department at Prairie View A&M University
URL: http://www.pvamu.edu/math/Thornton.htm
email: Evelyn Thornton@pvamu.edu
Evelyn Thornton earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from . She was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Houston.
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