Egypt was home to the first known scientist, Imhotep, a brilliant Black physician. Famous for designing King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian polymath Imhotep (Greek: Imouthes, c.

Newmark said Abbott followed his friend and mentor — fellow Black Civil War Dr. Alexander Augusta, who trained in Canada in the 1850s — to Washington in 1863 to serve as a surgeon in the U.S ...