George Washington Carver turned out to be considered as an American agricultural research scientist as well as the inventor who advocated complementary agricultural products to cotton and techniques to help prevent soil weakening. He had been the most distinguished black researcher of the early 20th century.
George Washington Carver was born enslaved and went on to become one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time, as well as a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute. Carver devised over 100 products using one major crop — the peanut — including dyes, plastics and gasoline.
