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Clarence Francis Stephens

died 6 years ago

5 March 2018

Clarence Francis Stephens was the ninth African American to be awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics. He developed what became known as the 'Morgan-Potsdam Miracle' method of teaching, based on problem solving with very few lectures.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stephens/