Grosvenor family

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Edwin A. Grosvenor

1845, Aug. 30 Born, Newburyport, Mass. 1867 Graduated, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1867 1871 Instructor in history, Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey 1871 A.M., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1871 1872 Student, Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. 1873 Married Lilian Hovey Waters 1873 1890 History teacher, Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey 1890 Returned to the United States 1892 1895 Taught French and history, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 1895 Published Constantinople (Boston: Roberts Brothers. 2 vols.) 1895 1898 Professor of European history, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1898 1914 Professor and chair of modern government, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1907 1919 President, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa 1914 Retired from active teaching Named professor emeritus, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1936, Sept. 15 Died, Amherst, Mass.

Elsie May Bell Grosvenor

1878, May 18 Born, London, England 1898 Toured Japan 1900 Married Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor 1913 Marched in first major suffragette rally held in Washington, D.C. 1916 1917 Leader in Red Cross drives, Washington, D.C. Early 1920s Chairman, Joint Committee on Child Welfare Legislation, Washington, D.C. Vice president, Board of Children's Guardians, Washington, D.C. 1928 Toured Japan 1937 Passenger in first commercial air flight between the United States and China 1948 Toured Peru 1952 Toured Africa 1954 Toured Alaska 1957 Awarded honorary doctor of laws degree, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 1964, Dec. 26 Died, Bethesda, Md.

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

1875, Oct. 28 Born, Constantinople, Turkey 1897 B.A., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1899 1900 Assistant editor, National Geographic Magazine 1899 1919 Director, National Geographic Society 1900 Married Elsie May Bell 1900 1902 Managing editor, National Geographic Magazine 1901 A.M., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1903 1954 Editor in chief, National Geographic Magazine 1920 1954 President, National Geographic Society 1954 Elected chairman of the board of trustees, National Geographic Society 1966, Feb. 4 Died, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

From the guide to the Grosvenor Family Papers, 1827-1981, (bulk 1872-1964), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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