George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver (c. January 1860[1] – January 5, 1943) was an American educator, botanist (someone who works with plants), and inventor. He is best known for his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other crops.
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| Born | 1860s Diamond, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1943 (about 79 years old) Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Iowa State University |
| Awards | Spingarn Medal (1923) |
Carver's reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes, which also aided nutrition for farm families. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source of other products to improve their quality of life.
The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes using peanuts.[2] He also developed and promoted about 100 products made from peanuts that were useful for the house and farm, including cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerin. He received numerous honors for his work, including the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP.
He was born into slavery in January 1864 in Diamond, Missouri. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He studied in Simpson College when he was 22. Much of Carver's fame is based on his research. He died on January 5, 1943 after a fall he had in his home in Tuskegee, Alabama on January 5, 1943.
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The farm house of Moses Carver (built in 1881), near the place where George Carver lived as a youth.
Carver at work in his laboratory
George Washington Carver, front row, center, poses with fellow faculty of Tuskegee Institute in this c. 1902 photograph taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston.
A photograph of George Washington Carver taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1906.
"One of America's great scientists" – U.S. World War II poster circa 1943
A United States Farm Security Administration portrait, March 1942
A peanut specimen collected by Carver
"Austin Curtis – Scientist successor to Dr. Carver", cartoon by C. H. Alston
A monument to Carver at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis
A painting by Betsy Graves Reyneau
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References
- ↑ "George Washington Carver". www.nndb.com. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ↑ Carver, George Washington. 1916. "How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption" Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, Tuskegee Institute Experimental Station Bulletin 31.
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