- Born
- Died
- George Washington Carver was born on July 12, 1864 in Diamond Grove, Missouri, USA. He died on January 5, 1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.
- Agricultural chemist who developed over 250 uses for the peanut.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 1983.
- Pictured on a 3¢ US postage stamp in the Famous Americans/Scientists series on Jan. 5, 1948.
- On Feb. 3, 1998, he was pictured on one of 15 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the "Celebrate the Century" series, celebrating the 1910s.
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