Gardiner Greene Hubbard
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and philanthropist best known as the first president of the National Geographic Society and an early backer and father-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell.
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
businessperson
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financier → human → lawyer → philanthropist → |
| birthDate |
1822-08-25
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| birthPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| boardMemberOf |
Bell Telephone Company
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National Geographic Society → |
| child |
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| deathDate |
1897-12-11
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| deathPlace |
Washington, D.C., United States
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| educatedAt |
Harvard College
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Harvard Law School → Phillips Academy Andover → |
| era |
19th century
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| familyName |
Hubbard
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| fieldOfWork |
business
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law → telecommunications → |
| founded |
Bell Telephone Company
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National Geographic Society → |
| givenName |
Gardiner
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| hasRole |
early backer of Alexander Graham Bell
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father-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell → |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Geographic Society → |
| name |
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
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| notableFor |
being an early financial supporter of the telephone
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being the first president of the National Geographic Society → |
| notableWork |
early promotion of the telephone
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founding leadership of the National Geographic Society → |
| occupation |
business executive
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company director → financier → lawyer → philanthropist → |
| politicalActivity |
advocated postal telegraph reform in the United States
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| positionHeld |
first president of the National Geographic Society
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president of the Bell Telephone Company → president of the National Bell Telephone Company → trustee of the Clarke School for the Deaf → |
| relative |
Alexander Graham Bell
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| residence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Washington, D.C., United States → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| spouse |
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
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Referenced by (9)
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AT&T
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company → Bell System → Bell Telephone Company → National Geographic Society → |
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Science
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founder |
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard
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name |
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Hubbard Medal
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namedAfter |
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Bell Telephone Company
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ownedBy |