FAQ About George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver was an African-American scientist and inventor renowned for his contributions to agriculture. Born into slavery during the Civil War period around 1864, Carver went on to earn a master's degree in agricultural science from Iowa State University. He is best known for his work at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where he developed innovative techniques for crop rotation and introduced alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes, to improve soil depleted by repeated cotton cultivation.