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George Washington Carver
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Photograph circa 1910
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Born
| 1860s
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Died
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1943-01-05
)
January 5, 1943 (about 79 years old)
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Alma mater
| Iowa State University
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Awards
| Spingarn Medal
(1923)
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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.
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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