About the author
Gilbert Grosvenor was an editor and publisher closely associated with National Geographic magazine. The library holds 23 of his works, including the February 1927 issue, the January and December 1944 issues, the September 1948 issue, the October 1951 issue, the April 1952 issue, and the April and July 1953 issues of National Geographic, spanning from the 1920s to the 1950s. These periodical works cover geographical exploration, natural scenery, and the cultures of various regions, combining vivid illustrations with accessible writing that is both informative and readable. Because public information is limited, biographical details cannot be confirmed; yet the issues above show that over nearly three decades he took part in the magazine's editorial and publishing work, contributing to the popularization of geographical knowledge and to shaping public taste in geographical reading.
Written (23)
The National Geographic Magazine, July 1953 (Vol. 104, No. 1) Gilbert Grosvenor / Abdul Ghafur Sheikh / Margaretta Burr Wells / Luis Marden / Ferdinand Kuhn / Bob Spring / Ira Spring / Maynard Owen Williams / Kenneth F. Weaver National Geographic Society · 1953 This volume is the July 1953 issue of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 104, No. 1, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington. T… The National Geographic Magazine, April 1953 (Vol. 103, No. 4) Gilbert Grosvenor / E. Thomas Gilliard / Joseph O. Fletcher / George W. Long / William A. Kinney / B. Anthony Stewart / John E. Fletcher / Tony Chapelle / Dickey Chapelle National Geographic Society · 1953 The April 1953 National Geographic stands squarely in the postwar golden age of the magazine: color letterpress printing had matured, and a single iss… National Geographic Magazine, April 1952 (Vol. 101, No. 4) Howell Walker / Margaret M. Detwiler / John E. Fletcher / Victor B. Scheffer / Karl W. Kenyon / Thomas Garner James / B. Anthony Stewart / Maurice Moyal / Marcel Coen / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1952 This is the April 1952 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Vol. 101, No. 4, edited by Gilbert Grosvenor and published by the National … The National Geographic Magazine, October 1951 (Vol. 100, No. 4) Gilbert Grosvenor / George W. Long / J. Baylor Roberts / Miriam MacMillan / Arthur A. Allen / Albert W. Atwood National Geographic Society · 1951 This is Volume 100, Number 4 of The National Geographic Magazine, published by the National Geographic Society—the October 1951 issue, about 176 pages… National Geographic Magazine, September 1948 (Vol. 94, No. 3) Maurice Ewing / John Walker / Thomas R. Henry / Justin N. Locke / Watson, Don / Willard R. Culver / Frederick G. Vosburgh / B. Anthony Stewart / Charles Heizer Wharton / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1948 This is the September 1948 issue of the American National Geographic Magazine, i.e., Volume 94, No. 3, published by the National Geographic Society in… National Geographic Magazine, July 1944 (Vol. 86, No. 1) Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1944 This is the July 1944 issue of the American National Geographic magazine (Vol. 86, No. 1), published by the National Geographic Society in Washington,… The National Geographic Magazine, December 1944 (Vol. 86, No. 6) Owen Lattimore / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1944 This issue is the December 1944 number of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 86, No. 6, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington… The National Geographic Magazine, January 1944 (Vol. 85, No. 1) Gilbert Grosvenor / Frederick Simpich / J. Baylor Roberts / W. Robert Moore / Frederick Simpich, Jr. / Harvey Klemmer National Geographic Society · 1944 This is the January 1944 issue of The National Geographic Magazine (US edition), Vol. 85, No. 1. It runs about 128 pages of text, plus 32 pages of col… National Geographic Magazine, August 1943 (Vol. 84, No. 2) Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1943 This is the August 1943 issue of National Geographic Magazine (U.S. edition), Vol. 84, No. 2, edited by Gilbert Grosvenor and published by the Nationa… The National Geographic Magazine, June 1943 (Vol. 83, No. 6) National Geographic Society / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1943 This is the June 1943 issue of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 83, No. 6, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., 127… National Geographic Magazine, June 1942 (Vol. 81, No. 6) Gilbert Grosvenor / Douglas L. Oliver / Luis Marden / Willard Price / Arthur A. Allen / Paul Almasy National Geographic Society · 1942 This is the June 1942 issue of the American National Geographic Magazine, namely Vol. 81, No. 6, edited by Gilbert Grosvenor and published by the Nati… National Geographic Magazine, August 1942 (Vol. 82, No. 2) Gilbert Grosvenor / Ernest Gruening / Willard Price / Henry A. Wallace National Geographic Society · 1942 This is the August 1942 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Vol. 82, No. 2, published in the eighth month after the outbreak of the Pa… The National Geographic Magazine, October 1937 (Vol. 72, No. 4) Gilbert Grosvenor / F. Barros Colton / W. Robert Moore / Freeman Lloyd / Edward Herbert Miner / Amanda Boyden / P. H. Dorsett / J. H. Dorsett National Geographic Society · 1937 This is the October 1937 issue of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 72, No. 4, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington, with G… The National Geographic Magazine, June 1936 (Vol. 69, No. 6) National Geographic Society / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1936 This issue is the June 1936 number of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 69, No. 6, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington. Co… National Geographic Magazine, December 1933 (Vol. 64, No. 6) National Geographic Society / Maynard Owen Williams / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1933 This volume is No. 6 of Volume 64 of The National Geographic Magazine, i.e., the December 1933 issue, published by the National Geographic Society in … The National Geographic Magazine, March 1932 (Vol. 61, No. 3) V. C. Scott O'Connor / Gervais Courtellemont / Maynard Owen Williams / Cornelia Stratton Parker / Hans Hildenbrand / Gilbert Grosvenor National Geographic Society · 1932 This is Volume 61, No. 3 of The National Geographic Magazine, published in March 1932 by the National Geographic Society in Washington. The issue cost… National Geographic Magazine, February 1932 (Vol. 61, No. 2) Gilbert Grosvenor / William R. Castle Jr. / Harold Donaldson Eberlein / Clifton Adams / Bernard Wakeman / Agnes Akin Atkinson / J. R. Hildebrand / Gustav Heurlin / Worth E. Shoults National Geographic Society · 1932 This is the February 1932 issue of the American National Geographic magazine—Vol. 61, No. 2—edited under then-editor Gilbert Grosvenor and published b… The National Geographic Magazine, June 1932 (Vol. 61, No. 6) Gilbert Grosvenor / Gladys M. Day / Elizabeth P. Jacobi / Hans Hildenbrand / J. R. Hildebrand / W. Robert Moore / Lyman D. Wilbur National Geographic Society · 1932 This is the original June 1932 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Vol. 61, No. 6. The issue is dominated by several long illustrated … The National Geographic Magazine, December 1931 (Vol. 60, No. 6) Gilbert Grosvenor / Erling Tambs / Hans Hildenbrand / Frederick Simpich / Edwin L. Wisherd / Ben East National Geographic Society · 1931 This is the December 1931 issue of the American edition of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 6, edited by Gilbert Grosvenor and published… Rating 2.5★ National Geographic Magazine, February 1927 (Vol. 51, No. 2) Gilbert Grosvenor / Stewart E. McMillin / W. Robert Moore National Geographic Society · 1927 This issue is the February 1927 number of National Geographic magazine, Volume 51, No. 2, edited by Gilbert Grosvenor, running to about 150 pages and …Publishers
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