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George Washington Carver was born in Missouri in the year 1865.
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He went to school at age 11 and discovered a lot about plants.
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By 1891 he was enrolled in Iowa State College of agriculture and muechanics in Ames,Iowa,
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He wins honorable mention at Chicago World`s Fair for his painting of cactus and yucca plants.
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Earns a degree in agricultural science and begins working at Iowa State College.
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Earns a Masters degree from Iowa State College; begins working at Tuskegee Institute.
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Named a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts for his contributions to agricultural research.
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Awarded the Springarn Medal from the NAACP for disriguished service to science.
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Recieves patents for Cosmetics and for stain and paint.
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Recieves another patent for stain and paint.
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Begins studies of fungi for the U.S. Department of agriculture.