George Washington Carver
(1864 - 1943)
- Studied and sketched plants as a teenager
- Homesteaded in western Ness County
- Joined botany department faculty at Iowa State University
- Found more than 300 uses for the peanut while working at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
- Shared agricultural expertise with farmers through conferences and reports
Find more about George Washington Carver on Kansapedia; and George Washington Carver in Kansas Memory.
