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Portrait of G W Carver in caricature style with a background made out of peanut butter

George Washington Carver

Agricultural Science Inventor
Born: 7-12-1864 in Diamond Grove, Missouri

George Washington Carver developed crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil and discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. Although Washington did hold three patents, he never patented most of his many discoveries.

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