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Bernard R. Hubbard

American geologist and explorer

Died when: 73 years 185 days (882 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Bernard R. Hubbard

Bernard Rosecrans Hubbard (November 24, 1888 – May 28, 1962) was an American geologist and explorer who popularized the Alaskan wilderness in American media during the middle of the 20th century.

Known as "the Glacier Priest", he was a Jesuit priest, head of the Department of Geology at the University of Santa Clara, California, and for a time was the highest-paid lecturer in the world, leading 31 expeditions into Alaska and the Arctic.


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