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Gardiner Greene Hubbard was born 25 August 1822 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States to Samuel Hubbard (1785-1847) and Mary Ann Greene (1790-1827) and died 11 December 1897 Washington, D.C., United States of unspecified causes. He married Gertrude Mercer McCurdy (1827-1909) 21 October 1846 in Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

He was a founder and first president of the National Geographic Society; a founder and the first president of the Bell Telephone Company; a founder of the journal Science, and an advocate of oral speech education for the deaf.

Children


Offspring of Gardiner Greene Hubbard and Gertrude Mercer McCurdy (1827-1909)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Robert McCurdy Hubbard (1847-1849)
Gertrude McCurdy Hubbard (1849-1886)
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (1857-1923) 25 November 1857 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States 3 January 1923 Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Roberta Wolcott Hubbard (1859-1885) 2 June 1859 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States 4 July 1885 Washington, D.C., United States Charles James Bell (1858-1929)
Grace Blatchford Hubbard (1861-1948) 8 October 1861 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States 16 July 1948 New York City, New York County, New York, United States Charles James Bell (1858-1929)
Marian Hubbard (1867-1869)








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