Image credit: The African Abroad vol II. 1913 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
- The son of William Frances and Susan Bouchet, Edward was born in New Haven, CT in 1852
- He attended New Haven High School, and entered Yale College in 1870.
- Edward Bouchet became the first African American to graduate from Yale College in 1874.
- Bouchet was the first African American to earn a doctoral degree from an American university; he earned his doctorate in Physics from Yale University in 1876.
- He taught chemistry and physics for 26 years at a highly regarded school, the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, held numerous other academic positions, and served as U.S. Inspector of Customs at the Louisiana Purchase Expedition in 1904.
