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Lewis Baxter Moore
1866–1928
United States
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Lewis Baxter Moore (1866–1928) was an American classicist, scholar, university teacher, and Presbyterian pastor. He was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from the University of Pennsylvania.
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