Jane Hinton, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jane Hinton

first two African-American women to gain the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Date of Birth: 01-May-1919

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2005

Profession: veterinarian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jane Hinton

  • Jane Hinton (1919-2003) was one of the first two African-American women to gain the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1949).
  • Prior to her veterinary medicine studies at the University of Pennsylvania, she had been a laboratory technician at Harvard, co-developing the Mueller-Hinton agar, a culture medium that is now commonly used to test bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics.
  • She later practiced as a small animal veterinarian in Massachusetts, and then as a federal government inspector.
  • Hinton was the daughter of William Augustus Hinton, a microbiologist and the first African-American professor at Harvard University.

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