George Franklin Grant
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Grant in 1870
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| Born | September 15, 1847 Oswego, New York |
| Died | August 21, 1910 (aged 62) Chester, New Hampshire |
| Education | class of 1870 |
| Occupation | Dentist, academic, inventor |
| Spouse(s) | Georgina H. Smith |
| Children | Maybelle C.Grant (Mrs. Alfred P. Russell) George F. Grant, Jr. Frances O. Grant Theodora Grant, Helene Grant |
| Parent(s) | Phillis Pitt Tudor Elandor Grant |
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.
He was born on September 15, 1846, in Oswego, New York, to Phillis Pitt and Tudor Elandor Grant.
Before the wooden golf tee was invented, golfers would carry around buckets of sand and build a pile of sand before each shot. This, however, became time-consuming and messy, causing Grant to ponder a solution to the problem. Grant consequently invented the wooden golf tee, used to replace the mound of sand.
He entered the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1868, and graduated in 1870. He then took a position in the department of mechanical dentistry in 1871, making him Harvard University's first African-American faculty member.
He was a founding member and later the president of the Harvard Odontological Society and was a member of the Harvard Dental Alumni Association where he was elected president in 1881. In 1899 he improved on Percy Ellis' "Perfectum" tee.
He died on August 21, 1910, at his vacation home in Chester, New Hampshire, of liver disease.
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