(of a stock, group of stocks, etc.) to be priced or show a change in price as specified at the end of a trading period: The market closed low for the fourth straight day. adjective, closer, closest.
George Washington Carver had both parents in his life. His mother was Mary Carver and his father was Giles Carver.
George Washington Carver was born into slavery around 1864 on a plantation in Diamond Grove, Missouri. The exact year of his birth is unknown. When he was an infant, he and his mother were kidnapped by slave raiders. The owner of the farm traded a horse as ransom for the baby, but the mother was never seen again.