George Washington Carver,Botanist, Chemist, Scientist, Inventor, was born in Diamond, Missouri, around 1864 during the civil war. The year and date of his birth is unknown. George left the Carver home to further his education. He was admired by the president at the time, Theodore Roosevelt. Carver was a scientific expert that has contributed a lot to today's society. Carver even believed he could fight Polio. A week after his birth Carver, his sister and his mother were kidnapped by by raiders. The three were sold in Kentucky. Among the three only George was located and by an agent of the Carver house and returned to Missouri. Carver became orphaned at an infant and was raised by Moses and Susan Carver who was the family that owned his mother.