Solomon Carter Fuller

Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller (1872–1953) was a pioneering African-American psychiatrist who made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer's disease. He was born in Liberia, the son of a previously enslaved African who had purchased his freedom and emigrated there. He graduated from Boston University School of Medicine, which as a homeopathic institution, was open to both African-American and women students. He spent the majority of his career practicing at Westborough State Mental Hospital in Westborough, Massachusetts. While there, he performed his ground-breaking research on the physical changes to the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

For most of his life, he lived in nearby Framingham, Massachusetts with his wife, the famous sculptor, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller.

References

• John Potter, “Solomon Carter Fuller.” Doctors, Nurses and Medical Practitioners: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook pp. 116–119, Lois N. Magner, ed. (Westport: (Greenwood Press, 1998).
• Lucy Ozarin, M.D., "Solomon Carter Fuller: First Black Psychiatrist." Psychiatric News September 6, 2002 Volume 37, Number 17, Page 19.
• Mary Kaplan,"Solomon Carter Fuller: Where My Caravan Has Rested." University Press of America, 2005.