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Joseph Alphonso Pierce

1902–1969

United States

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Joseph Alphonso Pierce Sr. (August 10, 1902 – September 18, 1969) was an African American mathematician and statistician. He was one of the first African Americans to earn a PhD in mathematics in the United States.

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