"He is better known as the greatest Negro scientist alive, the man who pioneered new uses for Southern agricultural products, developed 285 new uses for the peanut, got 118 products, including vinegar, molasses and shoe blacking, from the South’s surplus sweet potatoes."
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People from MissouriInventorsAfrican AmericansBiologists from the United StatesBotanists from the United States
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Time Magazine's article "Black Leonardo", November 24, 1941.
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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver (12 July 1864 – 5 January 1943) was an African-American botanist who worked in agricultural extension in the southern United States.
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