Wide Awake and Worlds Away: Percy Lavon Julian’s Scientific Education in Vienna
Wide Awake and Worlds Away: Percy Lavon Julian's Scientific Education in Vienna
By Kristina E. Poznan
Percy Lavon Julian became the third African American to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry when the University of Vienna awarded him his doctorate in 1931. Julian had been born in Alabama and educated at the Lincoln Normal School, DePauw University, and Harvard University. He subsequently taught at Fisk University, West Virginia State College, and Howard University, educating a host of black students in chemistry...