title: George Franklin Grant, DMD: renaissance man.
abstract: While George Franklin Grant may be known as the second African American dental graduate and the inventor of the golf tee, it is not generally known that he was one of the pioneers in cleft palate and speech therapy, a longtime faculty member of Harvard University's dental school, and the founder of the Harvard Odontological Society.
authors.affiliation: Baltimore College of Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, 21201-1504, USA. jhyson@dental-museum.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hyson
mesh_terms: D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000266:history; D003815:Dentists / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000266:history; D014481:United States