Alexander G. B. Grosvenor was a Navy captain, a pilot, carrier officer, and yachtsman. He was born on December 7, 1927, in Washington, D.C., to Melville Bell Grosvenor, who was the editor of the National Geographic Magazine, and Helen Rowland. Alexander Grosvenor died on April 7, 1978, at the age of 50, after suffering from … Read more

Melville James Bell was born on May 13, 1845 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds, and the elder brother of Alexander Graham Bell and Edward Charles Bell. He married Caroline Margaret Ottoway and had one son, Edward Charles Ottoway Bell, who lived to be only approximately … Read more

David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer who introduced over 200,000 exotic plants and crop varieties into the United States, including soybeans, pistachios, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering cherries. Born in 1869 in Lansing, Michigan, Fairchild grew up in Manhattan, Kansas, and attended the Kansas State College of Agriculture, where his … Read more

Martha “Mittie” Bulloch was a true southern belle, born on July 8, 1835, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Major James Stephens Bulloch and Martha Elliott Bulloch. The family relocated to Roswell, Georgia, when Mittie was four years old, where they lived in the grand mansion, Bulloch Hall, and became recognized as a wealthy planter family. By … Read more