In 1910, Carver became head of Tuskegee's newly created Department of Research. After 1914, he began to focus his research on peanuts. He later gave lectures on peanuts throughout much of the country.

farm near Diamond, Missouri in 1864. Shortly after Carver's birth, his father was killed in an accident and his mother was kidnapped. He was taken in by Moses and Susan Carver, his owners until slavery was abolished in 1865. As a young boy, George showed interest in plants and wanted to learn more about them. The Carvers taught him to read and write. When he was about 11 years old, he moved to Neosho, Missouri, to attend a school for black children. For the next 20 years, Carver worked at various jobs to support himself and pay for his education. In 1890, he entered Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He wanted to be painter but d

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