Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Person
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| gptkbp:alma_mater |
gptkb:Iowa_State_University
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Tuskegee_University
|
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Spingarn_Medal
|
| gptkbp:birth_place |
gptkb:Diamond,_Missouri
|
| gptkbp:born |
January 5, 1864
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
Developed hundreds of products from peanuts
Promoted alternative crops to cotton |
| gptkbp:death_place |
gptkb:Tuskegee,_Alabama
|
| gptkbp:died |
January 5, 1943
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| gptkbp:famous_quote |
" It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success."
" The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." " I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour if we only will tune in." " When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." " Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough." " To be a leader, you must be a servant." " There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation—veneer isn't worth anything." " The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself." " We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained." " I shall never be satisfied until the life of the farmer is made as easy as the life of the scientist." |
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:Botany
Agronomy |
| gptkbp:full_name |
gptkb:George_Washington_Carver
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
George Carver
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Certification
Environmentalism |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Booker_T._Washington
|
| gptkbp:known_for |
Agricultural science
Crop rotation Soil conservation Plant pathology Natural dyes Peanut research Sweet potato research |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Advocate for farmers
Pioneer in agricultural education |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
|
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:patent gptkb:Educational_Institution |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sonora_Webster_Carver
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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