George Washington Carver: Scientist of the Soil

George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist who helped Southern farmers restore worn out land.

At Tuskegee Institute he promoted crop rotation and alternative crops such as peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans, and he developed hundreds of uses for them.

Key Facts

• Lived: about 1864 to 1943
• Joined Tuskegee Institute in 1896
• Studied at Iowa State, where he earned two degrees
• His Missouri birthplace became the first national monument honoring an African American

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