Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (born October 28, 1875 in Istanbul , Turkey , † February 4, 1966 ) was editor-in-chief of National Geographic for 55 years and was instrumental in establishing photojournalism .
Life
Grosvenor was born the son of the orientalist and professor of history at Amherst College Edwin A. Grosvenor and the Lilian Waters Grosvenor in Istanbul in 1875.
Services
Grosvenor is considered one of the founders of photojournalism and has been editor-in-chief of National Geographic for 55 years . He took over the patronage of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1929-1931), the leader of which Richard Evelyn Byrd named the Grosvenor Mountains in the Transantarctic after him in thanks .
literature
- Poole, Robert M. Explorers House: National Geographic and the World it Made . New York: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 1-59420-032-7
Web links
Commons : Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ GILBERT HOVEY GROSVENOR, FATHER OF PHOTOJOURNALISM ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Editor in Chief of National Geographic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1966 |