Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard

Godfather of the Bell System
American Bell · Bell Telephone  |  Associates: Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Melville Bell, William Hathaway Forbes, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, Thomas S. Sanders, James J. Storrow, Theodore Vail, Thomas A. Watson, Charles Williams, Jr., Gertrude Mercer McCurdy, Thomas B. Doolittle
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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, married Alexander Graham Bell.

Hubbard was born, raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts, to Samuel Hubbard (June 2… More on Wikipedia →

Timeline events (9)

Bell meets Gardiner Hubbard at the Clarke Institution for the Deaf
Alexander Graham Bell Gardiner Greene Hubbard
1872
Western Union's Orton testifies in Congress against Hubbard's proposed telegraph competitor
Gardiner Greene Hubbard William Orton
1874
Bell reveals his harmonic telegraph work to Hubbard and Sanders, who agree to fund his efforts
Alexander Graham Bell Gardiner Greene Hubbard Thomas S. Sanders
1874
Bell Patent Association formed so Sanders and Hubbard can share in proceeds from Bell's patents
Alexander Graham Bell Gardiner Greene Hubbard Thomas S. Sanders Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
1875
Western Union's Orton declines to buy Bell's patent for $100k
Gardiner Greene Hubbard William Orton
1876
Bell Telephone founded
Bell Telephone founded
1877
Bell marries Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell Gardiner Greene Hubbard Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
1877
New England Telephone formed as first Bell local operating company
New England Telephone formed as first Bell local operating company
1878
Bell and New England Telephone merge to become National Bell Telephone
Bell and New England Telephone merge to become National Bell Telephone
1879

PDFs (2)

Aug 1877 Hubbard report on Bell telephone licensing (transcribed)
Aug 1877 Hubbard report on Bell telephone licensing (transcribed)
1877 · Bell Telephone
Hubbard 1879 report to Bell stockholders and directors
Hubbard 1879 report to Bell stockholders and directors
1879 · Bell Telephone

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