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'''George Washington Carver''' (1864–1943) was a devout [[Christian]] and leading African American scientist in the South after the [[Civil War]].  Born into [[slavery]] near Diamond Grove, [[Missouri]], Carver was raised by German immigrants, Moses and Susan Carver, but left home when he was eleven years old and later worked his own way through college at Iowa State, where he also earned a Master's degree. He spent the last 46 years of his life as a faculty member at [[Booker T. Washington]]'s Tuskegee Institute.

'''George Washington Carver''' (1864–1943) was a devout [[Christian]] and leading African American scientist in the South after the [[Civil War]].  Born into [[slavery]] near Diamond Grove, [[Missouri]], Carver was raised by German immigrants, Moses and Susan Carver, but left home when he was eleven years old and later worked his own way through college at Iowa State, where he also earned a master's degree. He spent the last 46 years of his life as a faculty member at [[Booker T. Washington]]'s Tuskegee Institute.

He is known for introducing and developing hundreds of uses for the peanut, sweet potato and soybean in the American South, after the tobacco crop was devastated by insects. He did not seek a patent for peanut butter, in part because he believed that it was a gift from [[God]].<ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpeanutbutter.htm Inventors - The History of Peanut Butter]</ref>

He is known for introducing and developing hundreds of uses for the peanut, sweet potato and soybean in the American South, after the tobacco crop was devastated by insects. He did not seek a patent for peanut butter, in part because he believed that it was a gift from [[God]].<ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpeanutbutter.htm Inventors - The History of Peanut Butter]</ref>