Grosvenor family

Biographical Note

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)