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 * George Washington Carver **

1885-1943

George Washington Carver was born in January 1885 in Diamond, Missouri. He died on January 5, 1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama. George Washington Carver's childhood was very sad because his parents were slaves on Moses Carver's Plantation. After the Civil War, they sent George Washington Carver and his mother to Arkansas. George Washington Carver did so many things for a living. He was a Botanist, American Scientist, Educator, and most important an Inventor. He is famous for finding many uses for peanuts. He created such things as flowers, sweet potatoes, soybeans and much more. He is famous for so many interesting quotes. One of his well known quotes is "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

George Washington Carver is buried next to Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee University.

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