The American scientist’s life is filled with fascinating details, and it can be argued that he saved the agricultural industry of the southern United States.

Carver died on 5 January 1943 in Tuskegee at the age of 78. After his death, his childhood home in Diamond, Missouri, was named as the George Washington Carver National Monument, the first time ...

The fifth day of the year is known as Carver Day, marking the death and honoring the legacy of George Washington Carver. To some, he’s just the guy who “invented” peanut butter. But more ...