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Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (/ˈɡroʊvənər/ GROH-vən-ər; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having consolidated the nascent magazine.

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

John E. Pillsbury

(1875-10-28)October 28, 1875
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)

February 4, 1966(1966-02-04) (aged 90)
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, D.C., U.S.

Elsie May Bell
​
(died 1964)​

Edwin A. Grosvenor
Lilian Waters

Alexander Graham Bell
(father-in-law)
Mabel Gardiner Bell
(mother-in-law)
William Howard Taft
(second cousin)
Walter Kendall Myers
(grandson)

Worcester Academy

Amherst College

As President of the National Geographic Society (1920-1954), he assisted its rise to one of the world's largest and best known science and learning organizations, aided by the chronicling in its magazine of ambitious natural and cultural explorations around the globe.[1]

Early life[edit]

Grosvenor was born on October 28, 1875, to Lilian Waters and Edwin A. Grosvenor in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, (now known as Istanbul, Turkey).[2] He was second cousin to U.S. President and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft.[3]


He was educated at Worcester Academy and at Robert College.[4] He attended Amherst College and graduated with the A.B. degree magna cum laude in 1897. While at Amherst, Grosvenor and his twin brother Edwin were one of the best tennis doubles teams.[5]

(1901–1982), also a National Geographic president.[14]

Melville Bell Grosvenor

Gertrude Hubbard Grosvenor (1903–1986), who married Samuel Gayley.

[14]

(1905–2006), was a pediatrician who, for several years, was secretary to her grandfather Alexander Graham Bell,[13][15]

Mabel Harlakenden Grosvenor

Lilian Waters Grosvenor (1907–1985).

[14]

Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor (1909–1915), who died young.

[14]

Elsie Alexandra Carolyn Grosvenor (1911–2004).

[14]

Gloria Victoria Grosvenor (1918–1972).

[14]

– for the origins of the family

Grosvenor (surname)

Monkfruit, or , a plant named after Dr Grosvenor who as president of the National Geographic Society helped to fund its scientific study

Siraitia grosvenorii

and Mount Grosvenor (Alaska Range), mountains in Alaska named in his honor

Mount Grosvenor

Poole, Robert M. Explorers House: National Geographic and the World it Made. New York: Penguin, 2004.  1-59420-032-7

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Works by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

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