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Edward Bouchet’s doctorate does not secure university employment
His 1876 physics doctorate preceded 26 years teaching at the Institute for Colored Youth.
Yale University Library · Edward Alexander Bouchet ↗A degree is not a faculty appointment or evidence of equal hiring.
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