Hubbard family

Biographical Note

Gardiner G. Hubbard

• 1822, Aug. 25: Born, Boston, Mass.
• 1841: Graduated, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.
• 1843: Entered law office of Charles P. and Benjamin R. Curtis after studying law for a year at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1846: Married Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
• 1848: Opened law office
• 1850s: By 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.
• 1867 - 1876 : Made 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 Monthly
• 1867 - 1877 : President, 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)
• 1875: Took active interest in Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, directing the early business development of the industry
• 1876: As 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 improvement
• 1877: His daughter Mabel married Alexander Graham Bell
• 1878: Retired from law practice and devoted his time to the Bell telephone
• 1883: Cofounded with Alexander Graham Bell, Science
• 1888 - 1897 : Founder and president, National Geographic Society
• 1890: Glacier named in his honor
• 1890 - 1897 : Cofounded with Bell and vice-president, American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf
• 1895: Regent, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• 1895 - 1897 : President. joint commission of the scientific societies of Washington which later organized the Washington Academy of Sciences
• 1897, Dec. 11: Died, Washington, D.C.
• 1902: Hubbard Memorial Hall, National Geographic Society building, named in his memory

Samuel Hubbard

• 1785, June 2: Born, Boston, Mass
• 1802: Graduated, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., and began study of law
• 1806: Began law practice, office of Judge Mellen, Biddleford, Maine
• 1810: Returned to Boston, Mass.; elected representative in state legislature
• 1815: Married Mary Anne Greene (died 1827)
• 1827: LL.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1828: Married Mary Ann Coit
• 1842: LL.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1842 - 1847 : Judge, supreme judicial court of Massachusetts
• 1847, Dec. 24: Died, Boston, Mass.

Robert Henry McCurdy

• 1800: Born, Lyme, Conn.
• 1820: Cofounded with Herman D. Aldrich the dry goods firm of McCurdy and Aldrich
• 1826: Married Gertrude M. Lee
• 1840: Name of business firm changed to McCurdy, Aldrich & Spencer
• 1857: Retired
• 1861 - 1865 : Acted as commissary-general of New York
• 1880: Died, New York

From the guide to the Hubbard Family Papers, 1639-1925, (bulk 1830-1897), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)