Kelly Miller | |
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Born | July 18, 1863 Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States |
Died | December 29, 1939 Washington, D.C., United States | (aged 76)
Resting place | Lincoln Memorial Cemetery |
Education | Fairfield Institute |
Alma mater | Howard University; Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation(s) | mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author |
Kelly Miller (July 18, 1863 – December 29, 1939) was an African American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist, author, and an important figure in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century. He was known as "the Bard of the Potomac".[1]