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George Washington Carver (c. 1864 [1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. [2] He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927 (2002) online; Krutch, Joseph Wood. The American drama since 1918 : an informal history (1939) online; McGovern, Dennis. Sing out, Louise! : 150 stars of the musical theatre remember 50 years on Broadway (1993) based on interviews. online
George Washington Carver was not the inventor of peanut butter. [66] The first peanut butter related patent was filed by John Harvey Kellogg in 1895, and peanut butter was used by the Incas centuries prior to that. [67] [68] Carver did compile hundreds of uses for peanuts, in addition to uses for pecans, and sweet potatoes.
Theatre took a brief pause because of the revolutionary war, but quickly resumed after the war ended in 1781. [108] Theatre began to spread west, and often towns had theatres before they had sidewalks or sewers. [111]
George Washington Carver: 1864 Peanut products [82] 1990 Graham J. Durant: 1934 Cimetidine [83] 1990 Herman Hollerith: 1860 Punch card tabulator [84] 1990 John Colin Emmett: 1939 Cimetidine [85] 1990 Ken Olsen: 1926 Magnetic core memory [86] 1990 Percy Lavon Julian: 1899 Cortisone synthesis [87] 1990 Robert Ledley: 1926 Whole-body CAT scan [88 ...
The Carver Center, formerly known as the Sunlight Elks Lodge, is a historic Colonial Revival style brick building located at 40 Fowler Street in the City of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey. It was named after George Washington Carver , African-American agricultural scientist and inventor.
The Carver Theater, named after George Washington Carver, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1950, as a state-of-the-art theaters for blacks in New Orleans. The Carver Theater retired as a movie theater in 1980 and became a housing office operation and medical clinic. [2]
Theatre or theater [a] is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.