Spreading Good News (Post 618 – BLACK HISTORY TUESDAY: George Franklin Grant, Inventor of the Golf Tee and Harvard History Maker)

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TODAY’S BLOG

We all should know more about the contributions that African-Americans have made in the fields of science and medicine, as well as art, music, the written word, sports, and just-everyday life.

“Black History Month,” (February) is over, but I will continue Spreading Good News about Black History on what I will call “Black History Tuesday.”

I hope you enjoy this piece!

BLACK HISTORY TUESDAY:  George Franklin Grant, Inventor of the Golf Tee and Harvard History Maker

Source:  The Internet

George Franklin Grant was born in 1847 in Oswego, New York, the son of former slaves.  He was a very intelligent man and a great student, and in 1867, after two years’ apprenticeship with a local dentist, he was the first African-American to be awarded a  scholarship to Harvard Dental School.  This was the first university-based dental school in the United States, and had only opened a year or two before.  In 1870 Grant graduated with high honors in the second graduating class of the dental school.

Within two years, Grant was appointed Professor of Mechanical Dentistry at Harvard (the first black faculty member).  He was internationally recognized for his invention of the oblate plate, a prosthetic device for people with a cleft palate.  He spent 19 years working at Harvard and was a founding member of the Harvard Odontological Society.  Grant was elected president of the Harvard Dental Alumni Association in 1881.

Also a golfer, Grant’s concern for sanitary conditions made him dislike having to make a mound of sand to place the golf ball on before hitting it with a club.  The results of hitting from different mounds also affected the players’ game.  In 1899, Grant patented the first golf tee (patent 638,920).  He made no money from his invention and gave away tees to anyone who wanted them.

He died in 1910.

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