George Washington Carver

Cosmetic and Process of Producing

People often think of Carver as the man who invented peanut butter. And that's true! He did!
He was an agricultural chemist who developed crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil.
He discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut, which created new markets for farmers, especially in the South.
He struggled to be educated in the agricultural sciences at a time when education for black men was rare.
When the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for Negroes was founded, Carver was the school's first Director of Agriculture.
He held three patents in his lifetime and never profited from any of them.
"He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world." - Epitaph on the grave of George Washington Carver.
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