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Edwin S. Grosvenor

Edwin S. Grosvenor is the Editor-in-Chief of American Heritage and Invention & Technology Magazines. He is also the editor of twelve anthologies of essays that appeared in American Heritage including Men of the Revolution, HamiltonLincolnThe Civil War, The Old West  New York, World War I, Roosevelt, Churchill, and The Vietnam War, as well as anthologies from HORIZON Magazine including The Middle Ages and History's Great Confrontations.

Mr. Grosvenor co-authored a biography of his great-grandfather, Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Inventor of the Telephone, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., and is also the co-author of 299 Things Everyone Should Know About American History.

Previously, Mr. Grosvenor was the President and Editor of Portfolio Magazine, the highest circulation fine arts publication in the U.S. at the time according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, and a nominee for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. 

From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Grosvenor was the publisher of the literary magazine, Current Books, which published such authors as Norman Mailer, Bill Moyers, Garrison Keillor, David McCullough, Anne Tyler, and Vaclav Havel. Current Books was distributed in over 4,000 outlets making it one of the most widely distributed book-related publications in bookstores at the time. He also served as president and editorial director of Hotel Magazine Network, Inc., a publisher of magazines for business travelers with a total circulation of 330,000 copies distributed in the rooms of Marriott and Hyatt hotels.

The Grosvenor family founded the National Geographic Society, where Mr. Grosvenor worked as a photographer with assignments in such countries as Belize, Canada, France, Greece, Iceland, Kenya, Spain, Tonga, Turkey and the U.S.

Mr. Grosvenor also serves as the Historian of the Literary Society of Washington. He obtained his MBA and his MS (Journalism) degrees from Columbia University, and his BA from Yale University.

Twitter: @edwingro

Articles by this Author

First Medical Report on Lincoln's Assassination Uncovered
Editor's Letter, Summer 2012 | Vol. 62, No. 2
Over 3.9 million images of the 1940 U.S. Census are now available online at the National Archives website and Archives.com
Editor's Letter, Spring 2012 | Vol. 62, No. 1
Editor's Letter, Fall 2011 | Vol. 61, No. 2
Editor's Letter, Spring 2011 | Vol. 61, No. 1
Editor’s Letter, Winter 2011 | Vol. 60, No. 4
A preeminent author recalls his experience as one of America's first combat historians, among a handful of men who accompanied soldiers into the bloodiest battles to write history as it was being made
Editor's Letter, Fall 2010 | Vol. 60, No. 3
Editor’s Letter, Summer 2010 | Vol. 60, No. 2
At five critical junctures in American history, major political compromises have proved that little of lasting consequence can occur without entrenched sides each making serious concessions
Editor’s Letter, Spring 2010 | Vol. 60, No. 1
The Wild West and Remembering Robert H. Smith
Alexander Graham Bell was able to invent the telephone after Watson tweaked a reed that transmitted sounds to the next room
Editor’s Letter, Winter 2010 | Vol. 59, No. 4
Editor’s Letter, Fall 2009 | Vol. 59, No. 3
Editor’s Letter, Summer 2009 | Vol. 59, No. 2
Editor’s Letter, Spring 2009 | Vol. 59, No. 1
Editor’s Letter, Winter 2009 | Vol. 58, No. 6
Editor’s Letter, Fall 2008 | Vol. 58, No. 5
A new book claims Alexander Graham Bell stole the telephone from Elisha Gray, despite all the evidence against that theory.
Editor’s Letter, Winter 2008 | Vol. 58, No. 1

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