Gardiner Greene Hubbard

Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Hubbard in 1875
President of Bell Telephone Company
In office
1877–1878
Preceded byCreated
Succeeded byWilliam Forbes
Personal details
Born(1822-08-25)August 25, 1822
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 11, 1897(1897-12-11) (aged 75)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
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(m. 1846)​
Children
  • Robert
  • Gertrude
  • Mabel
  • Roberta
  • Grace
  • Marian
RelativesGardiner Greene (grandfather)
Richard McCurdy (brother-in-law)
Alexander Graham Bell (son-in-law)
Grace Hubbard Fortescue (granddaughter)
EducationPhillips Academy
Alma materDartmouth College
Harvard Law School
OccupationLawyer, businessman

Gardiner Greene Hubbard (August 25, 1822 – December 11, 1897) was an American lawyer, financier, and community leader.[1] He was a founder and first president of the National Geographic Society; a founder and the first president of the Bell Telephone Company which later evolved into AT&T, at times the world's largest telephone company; a founder of the journal Science; and an advocate of oral speech education for the deaf.[1]

One of his daughters, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, married Alexander Graham Bell.[2]

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