Despite popular belief, peanut butter was not one of his inventions.
However, soy mayonnaise was.
Agricultural chemist who developed over 250 uses for the peanut.
Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990.
Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 1983.
Pictured on a 3¢ US postage stamp in the Famous Americans/Scientists
series on Jan. 5, 1948.
On Feb. 3, 1998, he was pictured on one of 15 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the
"Celebrate the Century" series, celebrating the
1910s.
He appeared before the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of
Representatives. They were considering imposing a tariff on peanuts.
Carver spoke for 45 minutes touting the possibilities of the
peanut.
Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Historical Figure.