George Washington Carver:
George Washington Carver was an American chemist and inventor.
Birth:
July 1865 in Diamond, Missouri
Death:
January 5, 1943 in Tuskageee, Alabama
Claim to Fame:
Carver was an American chemist and inventor who revolutionized agriculture in the Southern United States. He introduced alternative crops of peanuts and sweet potatoes to farmers who were destroying their soil quality with continuous plantings of cotton or tobacco. In order to make these crops profitable, he invented over a hundred uses of peanuts and sweet potatoes including the invention of peanut butter.
