George Washington Carver (1864-1943), African-American agricultural chemist, examining soil in a field. Carver was born a slave but was adopted by his
George Washington Carver (1864-1943), African-American agricultural chemist, examining soil in a field. Carver was born a slave but was adopted by his former owners (1865). He earned degrees from Iowa State University before becoming director of agricultural research at Tuskegee University (1896). In this role, Carver took an interest in the repeated farming of the traditional crop of cotton, which was removing nutrients from the soil. Carver introduced crop rotation and the alternating of cotton crops and legume crops helped to restore nitrogen to the soil. This 1906 photograph, probably taken at the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, USA, is by US photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952).
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