Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor ( GROH-vən-ər; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966) was an American magazine editor who was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine from 1899 to 1954, and is credited with having consolidated the nascent magazine. As President of the National Geographic Society from 1920 to 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. (From Wikipedia) More about Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor:
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| | Books by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor: Additional books by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor in the extended shelves: Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Flags of the world (The National geographic society, 1917), also by Byron McCandless and National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: A History of civilization, the story of our heritage. (Scribner, 1956), also by Arthur James May and Charles Harold King (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: The North pole : its discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic club (Frederick A. Stokes co., 1910), also by Robert E. Peary, Joseph T. Tower, and Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white (National Geographic Society, 1917), also by National Geographic Society (U.S.) and Byron McCandless (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Our state flowers. (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Reindeer in Alaska. (1903) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Scenes from every land; a collection of 250 illustrations from the National geographic magazine, picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a short bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history (National Geographic Society, 1907), also by National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Scenes from every land, picturing the people, natural phenomena and animal life of all parts of the world. (National geographic society, 1918), also by National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Scenes from every land, picturing the people, natural phenomena and animal life of all parts of the world. (National Geographic Society, 1912), also by National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustrations picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. (The National geographic society, 1909), also by National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustrations picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. (The National geographic society, 1909), also by National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Washington, the nation's capital. ([The National geographic society], 1915), also by William H. Taft and James Bryce (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Wild animals of North America : intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom (National Geographical Society, 1918), also by Edward William Nelson, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966: Wild animals of North America; intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom (The National Geographic Society, 1930), also by Edward William Nelson, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Peter and Pidge Curtiss Louis Agassiz Fuertes Collection, and National Geographic Society (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966, contrib.: Wild Animals of North America: Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom, by Edward William Nelson, illust. by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Ernest Thompson Seton (Gutenberg ebook)
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