Scientist, Innovator, Educator, and Artist
A poet and a painter, I am closely associated with the
humble peanut.
In 1896, at Booker T. Washington’s invitation, I became head
of the
Agriculture Department at Tuskegee Institute where I
researched and taught for
47 years. I studied
ways to improve the depleted soil of the South through crop rotation
and planting a
variety of foods such as peanuts, soybeans or sweet potatoes.
I became very famous
in my lifetime and had many honors bestowed
upon me for my work. I am the first Black American to be honored in
a national monument.
Who Am I?
Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943).
