1822, Aug. 25Born, Boston, Mass.1841Graduated, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.1843Entered law office of Charles P. and Benjamin R. Curtis
after studying law for a year at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.1846Married Gertrude Mercer McCurdy 1848Opened law office1850sBy 1857 had introduced gas lighting and secured a fresh
water supply for Cambridge, Mass., and had built a street-car line between
Cambridge and Boston, Mass.18671876Made a series of studies of the postal service and the
telegraph at home and abroad that were published in the North American Review
and the Atlantic Monthly18671877President, Clarke School for the Deaf, Northampton, Mass.
(incorporated in 1867 as the result of a movement spearheaded by Hubbard;
originally called the Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes)1875Took active interest in Alexander Graham Bell's telephone,
directing the early business development of the industry 1876As a member of the special committee of the Massachusetts
Board of Education, worked to make a success of the Massachusetts educational
exhibit at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa.Appointed to commission to investigate the transportation
of the mails and to make recommendations to Congress for their
improvement1877His daughter Mabel married Alexander Graham Bell1878Retired from law practice and devoted his time to the Bell
telephone1883Cofounded with Alexander Graham Bell, Science18881897Founder and president, National Geographic Society 1890Glacier named in his honor 18901897Cofounded with Bell and vice-president, American Association
to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf 1895Regent, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.18951897President. joint commission of the scientific societies of
Washington which later organized the Washington Academy of Sciences 1897, Dec. 11Died, Washington, D.C.1902Hubbard Memorial Hall, National Geographic Society building,
named in his memory
Samuel Hubbard
1785, June 2Born, Boston, Mass1802Graduated, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., and began
study of law1806Began law practice, office of Judge Mellen, Biddleford,
Maine1810Returned to Boston, Mass.; elected representative in state
legislature1815Married Mary Anne Greene (died 1827)1827LL.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1828Married Mary Ann Coit 1842LL.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 18421847Judge, supreme judicial court of Massachusetts 1847, Dec. 24Died, Boston, Mass.
Robert Henry McCurdy
1800Born, Lyme, Conn.1820Cofounded with Herman D. Aldrich the dry goods firm of
McCurdy and Aldrich 1826Married Gertrude M. Lee1840Name of business firm changed to McCurdy, Aldrich &
Spencer1857Retired18611865Acted as commissary-general of New York1880Died, New YorkFrom the guide to the Hubbard Family Papers, 1639-1925, (bulk 1830-1897), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)