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Melville Bell Grosvenor (November 26, 1901 – April 22, 1982) was the president of the National Geographic Society and editor of The National Geographic Magazine from 1957 to 1967. He was the grandson of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell .
Apr 24, 1982 · Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society and editor of its magazine, The National Geographic, from 1957 to 1967, died of a heart attack Thursday night at his...
Melville Bell Grosvenor (November 26, 1901 – April 22, 1982) was the president of the National Geographic Society and editor of The National Geographic Magazine from 1957 to 1967. He was the grandson of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
Sep 13, 2022 · GWIN: When Gil’s grandfather retired, there was another Grosvenor waiting in the wings. In 1957, Gil’s dad took over as editor. His name was Melville Bell Grosvenor, or as everybody called...
May 24, 2024 · Death of Melville Bell Grosvenor. Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Genealogy for Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901 - 1982) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Melville B. Grosvenor's career with the society spanned 58 years, from beginnings as an apprentice writer-editor in 1924 to chairman and editor emeritus. The decade in which he served as president and editor was a time of innovation and growth for the society.
Nov 15, 2019 · In 1967, the "greatest photographic team in the world" was all men, posed around the desk of then-editor Melville Bell Grosvenor.
