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George Washington Carver
Botanist and inventor George
Washington Carver was one of many children born to marry in Giles an enslaved couple owned by Moses Carver
He was born during the civil war years most likely in
1864 a week after his birth
George was kidnapped along with his sister and mother from the Carver farm by Raiders from the neighboring state of Arkansas
the three were sold in Kentucky and
Among them only the infant George was located by an agent of Moses Carver and returned to Missouri
the conclusion of the civil war in 1865 brought the end of slavery in Missouri
Moses Carver and his wife Susan
Decided to keep George and his brother James at the home after that time raising and educating the two boys
Susan Carver taught George to read and write since no local school would accept black students at the time
The search for knowledge would remain a driving force for the rest of George's life as a young man
He left the Cabo home to travel to a school for black children ten miles away
It was at this point that the boy who had always
Identified himself as Carver's George first came to be known as George Carver
Carver attended a series of schools before receiving his diploma at Minneapolis High School in monopolies, Kansas
Accepted to Highland College in Highland, Kansas Kaaba was denied admittance once college administrators learned of his race
Instead of attending classes he Hamas heated a claim where he conducted
biological experiments and compiled a geological collection
while interested in science Carver was also interested in the arts in
1890 he began studying art and music at Simpson College in Iowa
Developing his painting and drawing skills through sketches of botanical samples
his obvious
Aptitude for drawing the natural world prompted a teacher to suggest that Carver enroll in the botany program at the Iowa State Agricultural College
Carver moved to Ames and began his botanical studies the following year as the first black student at Iowa State
Carver excelled in his studies
upon completion of his Bachelor of Science degree
Carver's professors Joseph Burton Lewis panel persuaded him to stay on for a master's degree
His graduate studies included intensive work in plant pathology at the Iowa Experiment Station in these years
Carver established his reputation as a brilliant botanist and began the work that he would pursue for the remainder of his career
after graduating from Iowa State
Carver embarked on a career of teaching and research
Look at hee Washington the principal of the African American Tuskegee Institute
hired Carver to run the school's agricultural department in 1896
Washington lured the promising young botanist to the Institute with a hefty salary in the promise of two rooms on campus
while most faculty members lived with a roommate
Carver's special status stemmed from his accomplishments and reputation as well as his degree from a prominent
institution not normally open to black students
Carver's work at a sketchy included groundbreaking research on plant biology that brought him to national prominence
Many of these early experiments focused on the development of new uses for crops such as penis sweet potatoes
soybeans and pecans the
hundreds of products he invented included plastics pains dyes and even a kind of gasoline
in
1920 Carver delivered a speech before the peanut growers association
Attesting to the wide potential of peanuts the following year he testified with the congress in support of a tariff on imported
Peanuts with the help of Carver's testimony Congress passed the tariff in
1922
President Theodore Roosevelt admired his work and sought his advice on agricultural matters in the United States
Carver was also recognized abroad for his scientific expertise in
1916 he was made a member of the British Royal Society of Arts a rare honor for an American
Carver also advised Angelita Mahatma Gandhi on matters of Agriculture and nutrition
Carver uses celebrity to promote scientific causes for the remainder of his life from 1923 to 1933
kharbut toward white southern colleges for the Commission on interracial cooperation
George Washington Carver died on January 5th
1943 at the age of 78 after falling down the stairs at his home
He was buried next to Booker T. Washington on the Tuskegee grounds
Carver's epitaph reads he could have added fortune to fame
But caring for neither he found happiness and honor and being helpful to the world
Carver's iconic status remained after his death in part due to steps of Carver and others took during his lifetime
to establish his legacy
Carver who had lived a frugal life used his savings to establish a museum devoted to his work
including some of his own paintings and drawings
in december
1947 a fire broke out in the museum
Destroying much of the collection one of the surviving works by carver is a painting of a yucca and de cactus
displayed at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
In addition to the museum carve also established the George
Washington Carver foundation at a sketchy with the aim of supporting future
agricultural research
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