Famous American Agricultural Scientists

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George Washington Carver

(American Agricultural Scientist and Inventor Who Promoted Alternative Crops to Cotton and Methods to Prevent Soil Depletion)

Birthdate: 1864

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Diamond, Missouri, United States

Died: January 5, 1943

Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver is best remembered for promoting crops that were alternative to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes. He invented ways to prevent soil depletion and developed scores of products made from peanuts, including paints and cosmetics. He won numerous honors, such as the Spingarn Medal.

Norman Borlaug

(American Agronomist and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970)

Birthdate: March 25, 1914

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Cresco, Iowa, United States

Died: September 12, 2009

Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist who played a key role in the Green Revolution, a set of research technology transfer initiatives that increased agricultural production, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Nicknamed the Father of the Green Revolution, Borlaug was also honored with the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work.

Franklin Hiram King

(American Agricultural Scientist Who Was the Inventor of the Cylindrical Tower Silo)

Birthdate: June 8, 1848

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States

Died: August 4, 1911

Franklin Hiram King was an agricultural scientist best known for his first-hand account of such agricultural practices that are considered today as standard organic farming practices. From 1888 to 1902, he also served as a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he taught agricultural physics. During his career, King made significant contributions to agriculture.

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E. T. York

(Professor)

Birthdate: July 4, 1922

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Valley Head, Alabama, United States

Died: April 15, 2011

An American professor, E. T. York was also an agronomist, university administrator, agricultural extension administrator, and U.S. presidential adviser. York not only authored over 100 technical papers, journal articles, and books, but he also lectured at more than forty universities in the US and throughout the world. In 1997, the Museum of Florida History named York as a "Great Floridian."

Claude Hope

(Horticulturalist)

Birthdate: May 10, 1907

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Sweetwater, Texas, United States

Died: July 14, 2000

Claude Hope is best known for his role in turning the impatiens, an African river plant, into the most popular bedding plant in the US. In 1992, a book was written about him titled A Master of Seeds: The Life and Work of Claude Hope by Ricardo Arias Martinez. Hope was also honored for his social, economic contributions to Costa Rica.

John Lorain

(Agriculturalist)

Birthdate: 1753 AD

Birthplace: Maryland, United States

Died: 1823 AD

American farmer, merchant, agricultural writer, John Lorain was the first person to create a hybrid by combining two types of corn. His experiments anticipated the methods employed in the century following his death. In 1825, his book, Nature and Reason Harmonized in the Practice of Husbandry, was published by his widow. The book had descriptions of his experiments with hybrids.