Gilbert
Hovey
(Bert)
Grosvenor
Born in Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey
Ancestors 
Brother of
Edwin Prescott Grosvenor
Husband of
Elsie May (Bell) Grosvenor
— married
Oct 1900 in Eccleston Square Cogregational Church, London, England
Descendants 
Father of
Melville Bell Grosvenor, Mabel Harlakenden Grosvenor and Elsie Alexandria Carol (Grosvenor) Myers
Died
at age 90
in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2017
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Biography
He was the son of Lilian Waters and Edwin A. Grosvenor. He had an identical twin brother, Edwin.
In 1899, he became the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine.
In 1920, he was elected president of the National Geographic Society.
Sources
- Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss By Bradford Matsen http://bit.ly/2kMNTWY
- Reluctant Genius. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 2006. Charlotte Gray.
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