生於: 約1864年(確切的出生日期未知)
死於: 1943年1月5日
喬治華盛頓卡佛約於1864年出生於密蘇里州的鑽石叢鎮(Diamond Grove),雙親是黑奴,他是國內最著名的農業科學家之一,最著名的是針對花生所做的研究、以及對於美國南部窮苦非裔美國農人提供協助的承諾。
卡佛的成年生涯中、多數的時間服務於阿拉巴馬州塔斯提吉學院(Tuskegee Institute),1943年卡佛去世後不久,羅斯福總統(Franklin D. Roosevelt) 就在卡佛幼年時期居住的地方建立美國國家紀念館,這也是首座為非裔美國人成立的國家紀念館。
George Washington Carver was born a slave in Diamond Grove, Missouri, around 1864. He is one of the nation's most famous agricultural scientists. He is best known for his research on peanuts and his commitment to helping poor Southern African American farmers.
Carver worked at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for most of his adult life. In 1943, soon after Carver's death, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Carver's boyhood home a national monument. It was the first national monument to honor an African American.
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