George Washington Carver - History Timelines

Data Field	Information
Name	George Washington Carver
Born	c. January 1864
Died	January 5, 1943
Was born in	Diamond Grove, Missouri, U.S.
Spouses	None
Children	None
Occupation	Agricultural scientist, inventor, botanist, educator
Known for	Developing hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans; promoting crop rotation; agricultural innovation
Awards	Spingarn Medal (1923), induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (posthumous)
Famous quotes	“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”, “Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.”, “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and¹strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of²these.”

George Washington Carver – Life milestones

Years	Age	Events
1864	0	Born in Diamond, or Diamond Grove, Newton County, or near Diamond, in what is now known as Diamond, or something like that.
1865	1	His mother is kidnapped by slave traders.
1866	2	Raised by Moses and Susan Carver after the Civil War.
1877	13	Leaves the farm to attend school in Neosho, Kansas.
1879	15	Moves to Fort Scott, Kansas, to attend high school.
1884	20	Graduates from high school in Minneapolis, Kansas.
1890	26	Enrolls in Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
1891	27	Transfers to Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa.
1894	30	Graduates with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture.
1896	32	Receives a master’s degree in agriculture; hired as a professor at Tuskegee Institute.
1900	36	Establishes the Agricultural Experiment Station at Tuskegee.
1903	39	Publishes his first agricultural bulletin.
1915	51	Develops a process to create synthetic rubber from goldenrod.
1916	52	Testifies before Congress on behalf of African American farmers.
1921	57	Testifies before the Ways and Means Committee to support a peanut tariff.
1923	59	Receives the Spingarn Medal.
1929	65	Meets with President Herbert Hoover.
1937	73	Receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Rochester.
1939	75	Receives the Theodore Roosevelt Medal.
1941	77	Receives the Order of the British Empire.
1943	79	Dies on January 5 in Tuskegee, Alabama.