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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.
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.
- November 26, 1901
- April 22, 1982
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...
Melville Bell Grosvenor. Journalist. Grandson of inventor Alexander Graham Bell, he was editor-in-Chief of National Geographic magazine, and president of the National Geographic Society, from 1957-69. Son of Gilbert H. Grosvenor and father of Gilbert M. Grosvenor, both of whom also held those positions in the past.
