James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)

James McCune Smith

American physician (1813–1870)

James McCune Smith was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland, where a building has been dedicated to him. After his return to…