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Ball, Alice A

LC control no.no2006075230
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Personal name headingBall, Alice A.
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Associated placeHawaii
Birth date1892-07-24
Death date1916-12-31
Place of birthSeattle (Wash.)
Place of deathSeattle (Wash.)
Field of activityLeprosy--Research
Profession or occupationChemists
Found inThe sandalwoods of Hawaii, 1916: p. 15 (Alice A. Ball)
OCLC, July 20, 2006 (hdg.: Ball, Alice A.; usage not shown)
Alice Augusta Ball exhibition materials, 2000: biography (b. Seattle, Wash., July 24, 1892; d. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 31, 1916; chemist)
Wikipedia, 20 Mar. 2017 (Alice Ball; Alice Augusta Ball; b. 24 July 1892 in Seattle, WA; d. 31 Dec. 1916 in Seattle, WA; African American chemist who developed an injectable oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s; bachelor's degrees in pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacy from the University of Washington; in 1915 became the first woman and the first African American to graduate with a master's degree from the University of Hawaii)
Associated languageeng