George Washington Carver

CTL-E-1048 · Institution · other · 1864-1943

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Agricultural scientist who developed peanut products. Did NOT invent peanut butter (adjudicated False in this package's myth audit).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-036; source research type(s): None. Sources populated 2026-10-03 from package provenance during the KG completion pass; external sourcing still pending.

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CultureTechLens research package CTL-DR-TECH-001 — entity record TECH-E-036 (research/CTL-DR-TECH-001/entities.json)

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