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Encyclopedia > Mabel Hubbard

Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (November 25, 1857January 3, 1923), was the daughter of Boston lawyer, Gardiner Hubbard, and the wife of Alexander Graham Bell. [1] is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gardiner Greene Hubbard (August 25, 1822 – December 11, 1897) was the first president of the National Geographic Society. ... Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was a Scottish scientist, inventor, and innovator. ...


Biography

She was born on November 25, 1857 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Gardiner Greene Hubbard and Gertrude Mercer McCurdy. [2] She contracted scarlet fever in 1861 or 1862, and was left deaf. She became one of Alexander Graham Bell's pupils, and they later married when she was 19. They had four children: Elsie May Bell (1878-1964) who married Gilbert Grosvenor of National Geographic [3] [4]; Marian Hubbard Bell (1880-1962) who was referred to as "Daisy" [5]; Edward Bell (1881); and Robert Bell (1883). is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Kenneth Reeves (D) Area  - City  7. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was a Scottish scientist, inventor, and innovator. ... Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966) was the editor of the National Geographic Magazine from 1903 to 1954. ... The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ...


References

  1. ^ "Mrs. A.G. Bell Dies. Inspired Telephone. Deaf Girl's Romance With Distinguished Inventor Was Due to Her Affliction.", New York Times, January 4, 1923, Thursday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. “Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell, widow of Alexander Graham Bell ... Mrs. Bell was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 25, 1859 [sic], the daughter of Gardiner Green Hubbard [sic] ...” 
  2. ^ Her New York Times obituary lists her birth as November 25, 1859
  3. ^ "Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor Dies; Head of National Geographic, 90; Editor of Magazine 55 Years Introduced Photos, Increased Circulation to 4.5 Million", New York Times, February 5, 1966, Saturday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. “Baddeck, Nova Scotia, 4 February 1964 (Canadian Press) Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, chairman of the board and former president of the National Geographic Society and editor of the National Geographic magazine from 1899 to 1954, died on the Cape Breton Island estate once owned by his father-in-law, the inventor Alexander Graham Bell. He was 90 years old.” 
  4. ^ "Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor Dead; Joined in Geographic's Treks; Married Professor's Son", New York Times, 27 December 1964, Sunday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. “Washington, DC, 26 December 1964. Mrs. Elsie May Bell Grosvenor, wife of Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, chairman of the board of the National Geographic Society, died this evening at her home in Bethesda, Maryland. She was 86 years old. Death was attributed to heart disease and old age.” 
  5. ^ "Mrs. David Fairchild, 82, Dead; Daughter of Bell, Phone Inventor", New York Times, 25 September 1962, Tuesday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. “Baddeck, Nova Scotia, September 24, 1962 (Canadian Press) Mrs. Marian Bell Fairchild of Miami, widow of David Fairchild, noted plant explorer, and daughter of the telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell, died tonight at her summer home. She was 82 years old.” 


 

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