Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (d. 1966)
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine (1899–1954). 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.
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