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Jane Hinton

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Birth
May 1, 1919
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April 9, 2003 (age 83)
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William Augustus Hinton (father, first Black professor at Harvard University)

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University of Pennsylvania

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➢William Augustus Hinton

(A bacteriologist and pathologist; developed the Hinton Test for syphillis)

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Microbiologist, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
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Co-Developer of the Mueller-Hinton agar

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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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