George Washington Carver Tribute

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    <h1 class="text-primary text-center">George Washington Carver<br><small> Agricultural Researcher and Innovator</small></h1><!--small tag makes the subtitle smaller and grey-->
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    <p class="lead">Regarded as "Black Leonardo (da Vinci)" in a 1941 issue of Time Magazine, George Washington Carver was a prolific researcher of his time. Famous for  his researching alternative uses of sweet potatoes and peanuts, Carver primarily wanted to help American farmers increase their capacity and productivity with crops that were easiest to grow on their farms.
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      <blockquote><p>“One reason I never patent my products is that if I did it would take so much time, I would get nothing else done. But mainly I don’t want my discoveries to benefit specific favored persons.”</p></blockquote>
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        <h3 class="text-left">Here's a brief time line of Mr. Carver's life:</h3>
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          <li><strong>January 12th 1864:</strong> George Washington Carver is born in Diamond Grow Missouri</li>

          <li><strong>1890:</strong> Enrolls at Simpson College to study piano and art</li>

          <li><strong>1891:</strong> Transfers to State Agricultural College, Ames, IA</li>

          <li><strong>1893:</strong> Paintings get honorable mention at the Chicago World's Fair</li>

          <li><strong>1894:</strong> Carver earns  Bachelors of Agriculture from Ames. He is appointed to the faculty at Iowa State College</li>

          <li><strong>1896:</strong> Earns a Masters of Agriculture Degree from Iowa State College. Booker T. Washington recruits Carver to be a culture of the Agriculture School at the Tuskegee institute</li>

          <li><strong>1915:</strong> Begins researching new uses of peanuts and sweet potato crops.</li>

          <li><strong>1916:</strong> Publishes the bulletin titled “How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption</li>

          <li><strong>1921:</strong> Appears in front of the U.S. HR Committee for the first time regbecause theres one girl who comes that i always talk to for the whole meetuarding a tariff on peanuts.</li>

          <li><strong>1922:</strong> Releases a bulletin titled “How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes</li>

            <li><strong>1928:</strong> Receives an Honorary Doctorates Degree of Science from Simpson college</li>

            <li><strong>1934:</strong> Begins a correspondence with Henry ford in 1937</li>

            <li><strong>1942:</strong> Carver arrives in Dearborn Michigan to assist Henry Ford in the development of a synthetic rubber substitute</li>

            <li><strong>January 5th, 1943:</strong> Carver Dies at the Tuskegee institute</li>
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        <h1><small>Learn more about George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute's <a href="http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us/legacy_of_fame/george_w_carver/carver_chronology.aspx" target="_blank">site</a> about his life and achievements.</small></h1> 
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