{"id":1962,"date":"2019-03-13T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin.jpg"},"modified":"2019-03-13T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:38:10","slug":"alfredcoffin","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/alfredcoffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred O. Coffin, Ph.D., 1889"},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-1962","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-218x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Alfred O. Coffin, Ph.D., 1889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-745x1024.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1889 Alfred O. Coffin became the first African-American in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in Biology. At the time he was enrolled here he lived in Texas. He earned his degree through our Non-resident&#8217;s program. Part of the hebrarium he created for this work is held in the University&#8217;s archives.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred O. Coffin, Ph.D., 1889 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/alfredcoffin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Alfred O. Coffin, Ph.D., 1889","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":768,"height":1055,"file":"2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-218x300.jpg","width":218,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-218x300.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-768x1055.jpg","width":768,"height":1055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-768x1055.jpg"},"large":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-745x1024.jpg","width":745,"height":1024,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-745x1024.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-768x288.jpg","width":768,"height":288,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-768x288.jpg"},"large-feature":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-768x288.jpg","width":768,"height":288,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-768x288.jpg"},"small-feature":{"file":"AlfredCoffin-218x300.jpg","width":218,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin-218x300.jpg"},"full":{"file":"AlfredCoffin.jpg","width":768,"height":1055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/03\/AlfredCoffin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962"}]}}