Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966), American geographer and editor, born in Constantinople (now İstanbul), Turkey, and educated at Amherst College, Massachusetts. In 1899 he became a director of the National Geographic Society and a member of the staff of the National Geographic Magazine, of which he was editor from 1903 to 1954. He was also president of the National Geographic Society from 1920 to 1954. Under Grosvenor the society grew into a major organization for scientific research and sponsored extensive work in geography, archaeology, and anthropology, especially in the form of field expeditions.

His son, Melville Bell Grosvenor, also served the National Geographic Society and its magazine in a variety of functions.