Background
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey was born on October 28, 1875 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Edwin Augustus and Lillian H. (Waters) Grosvenor.
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey was born on October 28, 1875 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Edwin Augustus and Lillian H. (Waters) Grosvenor.
Student preparatory department Robert College (Constantinople), Worcester (Massachusetts) Academy. Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Amherst College, 1897, Master of Arts, 1901, Doctor of Letters, 1926. Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1921, College William and Mary, 1930, Lafayette College, 1938.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, U. Alaska, 1957.
Doctor of Science, South Dakot State School Mines, 1935, George Washington University, 1952. The Doctor of Letters, University Maryland., 1938, U. Miami, 1944.
Alexander Graham Bell on October 23, 1900 (died December 26, 1944). Children—Melville Bell, Gertrude Hubbard (Mistress Samuel A. Gayley), Mabel, Lillian Waters (Mistress Joseph M. Jones), Alexander Graham Bell (deceased), Elsie Alexandra Carolyn (Mistress Walter K. Myers), Gloria (Mistress Torfinn Oftedal). Assistant editor National Geography magazine, 1899-1900, managing editor, 1900-1902, editor in chief, 1903-1954.
Director National Geography Society, 1899-1919, president, 1920-1954, elected chairman of the board of trustees, 1954.
Director American Security & Trust Company, Honorary life trustee George Washington University, U. Miami. Trustee Fairchild Tropical Garden (Miami).
Member board of managers Walter Reed Memorial Association.
Fellow California Academy Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Antiquarian Society, Association American Geographers, National Audubon Society (honorary) (vice president District of Columbia society), Boston Athenaeum, Essex Institute, New York Zoological Society, Sierra. Member geografic societies, many foreign countries.
Clubs: Explorers, Cruising of America (New York City).
Married Elsie May, daughter Children: Melville Bell, Gertrude Hubbard (Mistress Samuel A. Gayley), Mabel, Lillian Waters (Mistress Joseph M. Jones), Alexander Graham Bell (deceased), Elsie Alexandra Carolyn (Mistress Walter K. Myers), Gloria (Mistress Torfinn Oftedal).