Augustus Nathaniel Lushington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Augustus Nathaniel Lushington

First African American to earn Veterinarian degree

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1869

Place of Birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1939

Profession: veterinarian

Nationality: Republic of the Congo

Zodiac Sign: Leo

August Nathaniel Lushington, (born August 1, 1869 - 1939), became the first African American to earn Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (V.M.D.) at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897.
He practiced about two years in Philadelphia and worked as an instructor in Veterinary Sanitation and Hygiene at Bell Mead Industrial and Agricultural College at Rock Castle, West Virginia.
Later, he practiced for much of his career life in very segregated Lynchburg, Virginia, where he experienced unfair treatment, but he finally earned a reputation as a superior practitioner in the community.
He had memberships in the Statistical reporter to the Bureau of Animal Industry, Federal Department Agriculture, and the Lychburg Chamber of Commerce.