'''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 as [[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 as [[Booker T. Washington]]'s Tuskegee Institute. |