page_title: Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Gilbert H. Grosvenor, first Editor of the National Geographic Magazine, holds his young son, Melville, 1902.
context_page_description: Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of National Geographic. Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today.
  As President of the National Geographic Society, he assisted its rise to one of the world's largest and best known science and learning organizations, aided by the chronicling in its magazine of ambitious natural and cultural explorations around the globe.
context_section_description: Grosvenor married Elsie May Bell (1878–1964), the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:
  Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), also a National Geographic president.
  Gertrude Hubbard Grosvenor (1903–1986).
  Mabel Harlakenden Grosvenor (1905–2006), was a pediatrician who, for several years, was secretary to her grandfather Alexander Graham Bell,
  Lilian Waters Grosvenor (1907–1985).
  Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor (1909–1915), who died young.
  Elsie Alexandra Carolyn Grosvenor (1911–2004).
  Gloria Victoria Grosvenor (1918–1972).
  In 1931, Grosvenor bought a property in Coconut Grove, Florida next door to his brother-in-law, David Fairchild. He called this estate Hissar after the small town in Turkey where he was born. After Fairchild's estate, The Kampong, was acquired by the National Tropical Botanical Garden, they also bought Hissar. Grosvenor served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami  from 1944 to 1960.  
  Grosvenor's health deteriorated following the death of his wife and he died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 90 on February 4, 1966. Grosvenor is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery alongside his wife and members of the Bell family. Grosvenor Arch, a sandstone double arch located in southern Utah, is named after Gilbert Grosvenor.
caption: Gilbert Grosvenor holds his young son, Melville Bell Grosvenor, 1902. Library of Congress.
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