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 an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural rubber (specifically, gutta-percha) tubing.

He then took a position in the department of mechanical dentistry in 1871, making him Harvard University's first African-American faculty member.

[6] Grant 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.

[7] Grant died on August 21, 1910, at his vacation home in Chester, New Hampshire, of liver disease.