Biography dudley weldon woodard

Dudley woodard

Biography dudley weldon woodard.

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Born

3 October 1881
Galveston, Texas, USA

Died

15 July 1965
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Summary

Dudley Woodard was an American mathematician and educator who was the second African-American to earn a PhD in Mathematics.

Biography

Dudley Woodard's parents were Dudley R Woodard (1858-1941) and Geneva Anderson (born 1865).

Dudley R Woodard, born in Atlanta, Georgia, worked as a Railway Mail Clerk. He married Geneva Anderson on 8 March 1881 in Galveston, Texas and their first child was Dudley Weldon Woodard, the subject of this biography.

Dudley weldon woodard interesting facts

Dudley R Woodard married his second wife Lulu Worthy on 7 December 1893 in Pike, Georgia. He married his third wife Cora L Smith on 10 June 1896. He had several children with his second and third wives.

Dudley Woodard, the subject of this biography, was known as "Dee." Although he grew up at a time when African Americans were segregated and had poor educational prospects, he stated later in life:-

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