| LC control no. | n 50034776 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 |
| Variant(s) | Kārvar, Jārji Vāṣiṅgṭan, 1864?-1943 Carver, George, 1864?-1943 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1864? |
| Death date | 1943-01-05 |
| Place of birth | Diamond (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Tuskegee (Ala.) |
| Field of activity | Science Agriculture |
| Affiliation | Simpson College Iowa State University Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Commission on Interracial Cooperation Tuskegee Institute. Carver Research Foundation George Washington Carver Foundation |
| Profession or occupation | Scientists Agriculturists Educators Inventors |
| Found in | His The farmers manual ... 1898. LCCN 47-22333: Pullen, A.M. Despite the colour bar, the story of George Carver, 1946 (hdg.: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943) Saphala janma, 1953: title page (Jārji Vāṣiṅgṭan Kārv ar) George Washington Carver, a biography, 2011 Wikipedia, Feb. 24, 2014 (George Washington Carver (c. Jan. 1864, Diamond, Missouri - Jan. 5, 1943, Tuskegee, Alabama) was an African American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver> African American National Biography, accessed January 15, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Carver, George Washington; scientist, agriculturist, educator; born c.1864 in Diamond, Missouri, United States; entered Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa (1890); received a master's degree in Agriculture from Iowa State University (1896); was appointed head of the agricultural department at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Macon County, Alabama (1896); was inducted into the Royal Society for the Arts in London (1916); won Spingarn Medal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; worked with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation as lecturer at student campuses (1920s and 1930s); established George Washington Carver Foundation (1940); died 05 January 1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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