Grosvenor, Edwin A. 1845-1936
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Name (Latin)
Grosvenor, Edwin A. 1845-1936
Other forms of name
nnaa Grosvenor, Edwin Augustus, 1845-1936
Date of birth
1845
Date of death
1936
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- National Geog. Soc. Map of the races of Europe, 1919:map recto (Edwin A. Grosvenor) [Info. from CU]
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Wikipedia description:
Edwin Augustus Grosvenor (August 30, 1845 – September 15, 1936) was a historian, author, chairman of the history department at Amherst College, and president of the national organization of Phi Beta Kappa societies from 1907 to 1919. Grosvenor was called "one of the most cosmopolitan of Americans" by author and abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson. His son, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, was the first employee and longtime editor of National Geographic Magazine.
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