Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Grosvenor, 1927
President of the National Geographic Society
In office 1920–1954
Preceded by	John E. Pillsbury
Personal details
Born	(1875-10-28)October 28, 1875 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	February 4, 1966(1966-02-04) (aged 90) Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Resting place	Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse	Elsie May Bell ​ (died 1964)​
Children	Melville Gertrude Mabel Lilian Alexander Elsie Gloria
Parent(s)	Edwin A. Grosvenor Lilian Waters
Relatives	Alexander Graham Bell (father-in-law) Mabel Gardiner Bell (mother-in-law) William Howard Taft (second cousin) Walter Kendall Myers (grandson)
Education	Worcester Academy
Alma mater	Amherst College

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.

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]