# Adelaide M. Cromwell

> Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell was an American sociologist and professor emeritus at Boston University, where she co-founded the African Studies Center in 1959, and directed the graduate program in Afro-American studies from 1969 to 1985. She was the first African-American instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College. In 1974 she was appointed as the first African-American Library Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She wrote several books on black history, including a groundbreaking study of Boston's black upper class and a biography of Adelaide Casely-Hayford. She died in June 2019 at the age of 99.

*American sociologist and professor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/adelaide-m-cromwell

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1919-11-27
- **Died:** 2019-06-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Adelaide M. Cromwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_M._Cromwell)
- [اديلايد م.كرومويل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85.%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84)
- [Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_McGuinn_Cromwell)
- [Adelaide M. Cromwell](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_M._Cromwell)
- [Adelaide M. Cromwell](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_M._Cromwell)
- [Adelaide M. Cromwell](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_M._Cromwell)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28528823)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/adelaide-m-cromwell