It is often discussed whether or not talent is inborn or if it is acquired through practice. Can anyone possess talent, or do you have to be what they call âa naturalâ? It is said that, some talents confined to an individual such as sports and music are innate.
After his four years of college he graduated from Yale and after his graduation in 1792, he went to Georgia. There he planned to teach and study law. While he was in Georgia he met Phineas Miller, who was also at Yale. He helped Eli with a place to stay, and introduced him to Catherine Littlefield Greene.
Eli Whitney, Jr., the only son of inventor Eli and his wife Henrietta Edwards Whitney was born on November 20, 1820. Although his father died when he was only four years old, the younger Whitney grew up in an atmosphere pervaded with entrepreneurial energy. New Haven was simmering with manufacturing and transportation schemes during his youth. And his uncles, Eli Whitney and Philos Blake, were leaders of the city's manufacturing community.