Bibliography George Washington Carver

            George Washington Caver was a popular American  scientist in the 1930's. He was a “world-famous” chemist who made many agricultural discoveries and inventions, which had impacted the public tremendously. He was an African American slave who built his way to his career. Despite of difficulty in life; guidance in life without biological parents, nor biological parental affection, he created a bright future for himself on his own with help of some friendly folks. He learned how to handle his life and was brought up respectively with a respective family which was his secrete of such a successful life.
            He was born in Mississippi, under the shelter of his mother only for few months, because him and his mother were kidnapped by men who roamed around during the civil war to kidnap them. George was founded by a neighbor and they were raised by Moses and Susan Carver who treated him and his brother as a son. As George Carver was with the Carvers he helped out with chores and domestic task. He also took care of the garden and was amazed with plants. Which had lead his interest in agriculture. The Carvers had encouraged him to study and prepare himself intellectually. He went to the Midwest to move into then traveled to many other places and finally received his bachelors degree in agriculture in 1894 and a graduate degree in 1896. He began working in the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama where he began to research on agriculture and taught students for the rest of his life.            
            George was appeared to the public by teaching and giving lessons to students and  had helping the poor southerner farmers of both race: black and white. He researched on peanuts and other agricultural products to test different ideas and found out many ideas such as that farmers should change their farming practices by adding peanut to the soil enriches it which makes it much healthier. By researching more and more he found different ways how to use agriculture in a more helpful way.
            After his first impression to the public, the public had liked his scientific abilities and were much in need of his special medication when polio had struck during the great Depression. He offered a treatment of peanut oil messages which relieved painful and paralyzing affect of polio. Farmers from the U.S. were in special need due to the Dust bowl which many farmers were suffering from which created drought in farms. To find solution the farmers came to George to seek for advice and techniques because he showed how to maximize food production and produce soil and a inexpensive cost.
            George Carver had impacted many lives while he was a chemist. He had changed the agricultural and economic life of many poor farmers. He changed the uses of peanuts from an ordinary food snacking to cheese, milk, soap and grease. He made many other products from sweet potatoes as well. He was offered many other positions to work in many other palaces but he simply refused to go and decided to work with his “race”. George Carvers was fortunate to have the Cravers raise him and his brother up for a better future that too let him educate himself. He achieved beyond despite of being as African American slave, which was one of his great accomplishment.            

 

 

Bibliography:

The State Historical Society of Missouri  <http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/scientists/carver/carver.shtml>           

Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver>                       

Iowa University <http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/bio.html>

Idea finder <http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/carver.htm>
                         

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