 Saint Elmo Brady was born on December 22, 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky.Greatly influenced by Thomas W. Talley, a pioneer in the teaching of science, Brady received his bachelor's degree from Fisk University in 1908 at the age of 24, and immediately began teaching at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.Brady also had a close relationship with and was mentored by Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver.