Gardiner Greene Hubbard

American lawyer (1822–1897)

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.²

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Born Aug 25, 1822, died Dec 11, 1897.¹