President of the National Geographic Society
In office
1920–1954
Preceded by John E. Pillsbury
Personal details
Born October 28, 1875
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died February 4, 1966 (aged 90)
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Resting place Rock Creek Cemetery
Spouse(s) Elsie May Bell (died 1964)
Children
Melville, Gertrude, Mabel, Lilian, Alexander, Elsie, Gloria
Parent(s) Edwin A. Grosvenor
Lilian Waters
Relatives Alexander Graham Bell
(father-in-law)
Mabel Gardiner Bell
(mother-in-law)
William Howard Taft
(second cousin)
Walter Kendall Myers
(grandson)
Education Worcester Academy
Alma mater Amherst College