George Washington Carver
Born: 1864
Died: January 5, 1943
Biography
George Washington Carver was the most prominent Black scientist of the early 20th century and an inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. Born into slavery a year before it was outlawed, Carver left home at a young age to pursue education and would eventually earn a master’s degree in agricultural science from Iowa State University. He would go on to teach and conduct research at Tuskegee University for decades, and soon after his death, his childhood home would be named a national monument — the first of its kind to honor an African American.
