George Washington Carver: “The Peanut Man”
Figure 1: George Washington Carver: “The Peanut Man” (Photograph ca. 1910) Source: Wikimedia Commons George Washington Carver is one of the most famous agricultural scientists and inventors in world history. Carver’s bust in Diamond, Missouri, the town of his birth, is an official national monument. Only two other Americans had their birthplaces so designated: George Washington …