George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver
By Miss Sherri Friddle
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Birthplace

• George Washington Carver was born in 1864 in
  Diamond Grove, Missouri during the Civil War.

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Early Life

• George and his brother were born as slaves. But
  they were raised by Moses and Susan Carver who
  adopted them when their mother was taken away
  during the Civil War.
• Living on the farm is where George first began to
  love nature. He collected all types of rocks and
  plants.
• George was given the nickname The Plant Doctor.

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School Years

• George began his education at the age of twelve.
  He had to leave his home because there were no
  schools for black children near his home.
• It was very difficult for George to get into
  college because of the racial discrimination. But
  at the age of 30, George finally was accepted
  into Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.

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Working Years

• In 1897, Booker T. Washington, founder of
  Tuskegee Institute, asked George to work at the
  institute.
• George became the director of agriculture. He
  held this position until his death in 1943.

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Contributions to Society

• While working at Tuskegee Institute, George
  invented crop rotation for farmers. He taught the
  farmers that if they would rotate different crops
  each year the soil would replenish itself of the
  nutrients it needed and crops would be more
  plentiful. This proved to be very successful.

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Contributions to Society

• Helped the south to become a multi-crop region
  with the crop rotation instead of a single crop
  region.
• He produced 500 different shades of dyes.
• In 1927, he produced paints from soybeans.

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Contributions to Society

• He developed 300 uses for peanuts like paper,
  ink, peanut butter, and oils

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Contirbutions to Society

• He also developed hundreds of uses for sweet
  potatoes, soybeans, and pecans.

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Contributions to Society

• He helped improve several products like grease,
  bleach, buttermilk, plastic, shoe polish, etc.
• George never made any profit from his
  discoveries.
• George died in 1943.

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Website of Interest

• http//inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897
  .htm