Gardiner Hubbard
| Gardiner Greene Hubbard | |
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| President of Bell Telephone Company | |
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In office 1877–1878 |
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| Preceded by | Created |
| Succeeded by | William Forbes |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 25, 1822 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 1897 (aged 75) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Gertrude Mercer McCurdy (m. 1846; his death 1897) |
| Children | 6, including Mabel |
| Parents | Samuel Hubbard Mary Greene |
| Relatives |
Gardiner Greene (grandfather) Richard McCurdy (brother-in-law) Alexander Graham Bell (son-in-law) Grace Hubbard Fortescue (granddaughter) |
| Education | Phillips Academy |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer, businessman |
Gardiner Greene Hubbard (August 25, 1822 – December 11, 1897) was an American lawyer, financier, and community leader.
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.
One of his daughters, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, also became the wife of Alexander Graham Bell.
Hubbard was born, raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Hubbard (June 2, 1785 – December 24, 1847), a Massachusetts Supreme Court justice, and Mary Greene (April 19, 1790 – July 10, 1827). His younger brother was Charles Eustice Hubbard (1842-1928), who later became the first secretary and clerk of the Bell Telephone Company.
Hubbard was a grandson of Boston merchant Gardiner Greene. He was also a descendant of Lion Gardiner, an early English settler and soldier in the New World who founded the first English settlement in what later became the State of New York, and whose legacy includes Gardiners Island which remains in the family.
He attended Phillips Academy, Andover and later graduated from Dartmouth in 1841. He then studied law at Harvard, and was admitted to the bar in 1843.
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