Montague Cobb | |
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| President of the NAACP | |
| In office 1976–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Kivie Kaplan |
| Succeeded by | James Kemp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Montague Cobb October 12, 1904 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 1990 (aged 86) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse | Hilda Smith |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Ruth Smith Lloyd (sister-in-law) |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Howard University (MD) Case Western Reserve University (PhD) |
William Montague Cobb (1904–1990) was an American board-certified physician and a physical anthropologist.[1] As the first African-American Ph.D in anthropology, and the only one until after the Korean War,[2] his main focus in the anthropological discipline was studying the idea of race and its negative impact on communities of color. He was also the first African-American President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.[3] His career both as a physician and a professor at Howard University was dedicated to the advancement of African-American researchers and he was heavily involved in civil rights activism.[4] Cobb wrote prolifically and contributed both popular and scholarly articles during the course of his career. His work has been noted as a significant contribution to the development of the sub-discipline of biocultural anthropology during the first half of the 20th century.[5] Cobb was also an accomplished educator and taught over 5000 students in the social and health sciences during his lifetime.[6]
- ^ "The Life of Dr. William Montague Cobb". W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Harrison, Ira E.; Harrison, Faye V. (1999). African-American Pioneers in Anthropology. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06736-5.[page needed]
- ^ Spady, JG (July 1984). "Dr. W. Montague Cobb: anatomist, physician, physical anthropologist, editor emeritus of the Journal of the National Medical Association, and first black president of NAACP". Journal of the National Medical Association. 76 (7): 739–44. PMC 2561648. PMID 6381741.
- ^ Rankin-Hill; Blakey (1994). "W. Montague Cobb (1904–1990): Physical Anthropologist, Anatomist, and Activist". American Anthropological Association. 96: 74–96. doi:10.1525/aa.1994.96.1.02a00040.
- ^ Watkins, Rachel J. (March 2007). "Knowledge from the Margins: W. Montague Cobb's Pioneering Research in Biocultural Anthropology". American Anthropologist. 109 (1): 186–196. doi:10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.186.
- ^ Douglass, Melvin (1992). "The Legacy of William Montague Cobb, MD, PHD (1904–1990)". Journal of the National Medical Association. 84 (10): 885–7. PMC 2571791. PMID 1404467.