page_title: George Franklin Grant
hierarchical_section_title: George Franklin Grant
caption_attribution_description: English: Patent for golf tee.
context_page_description: George Franklin Grant was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Golf tee patent, granted December 12, 1899
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