Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
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Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966) was the editor of the National Geographic Magazine from 1903 to 1954.
Born in Constantinople, he was the President of the National Geographic Society (1920–1954). Grosvenor was married to Elsie Bell, the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell.
- Father of National Geographic president Melville Bell Grosvenor.
- Grandfather of National Geographic president Gilbert Melville Grosvenor.
[edit] Trivia
- Alexander Graham Bell was the son-in-law of Gardiner Greene Hubbard the first President of the National Geographic Society; a granddaugther of Gardiner Hubbard was the Massie Case defendant Grace Hubbard Fortescue who married a son of Congressman Robert Roosevelt-an uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Grosvenor was cousin to U. S. President and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft
[edit] Further reading
- Poole, Robert M. Explorers House: National Geographic and the World it Made. New York: Penguin, 2004. {ISBN|1594200327}
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