Charles Scribner IV

Charles Scribner IV (July 13, 1921 - November 11, 1995), also known as Charles Scribner, Jr., was the head of the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company. He was born in Quogue, New York on July 13, 1921, and was raised in Far Hills, New Jersey to Vera Gordon Bloodgood and Charles Scribner III. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and to receive his A.B. degree summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1943. He was a Nav... more

Charles Scribner IV (July 13, 1921 - November 11, 1995), also known as Charles Scribner, Jr., was the head of the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company. He was born in Quogue, New York on July 13, 1921, and was raised in Far Hills, New Jersey to Vera Gordon Bloodgood and Charles Scribner III. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and to receive his A.B. degree summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1943. He was a Navy cryptanalyst during World War II and the Korean War. He succeeded his father, Charles Scribner III, in 1952 as chief of Charles Scribner's Sons, which had been founded by his great-grandfather, Charles Scribner I, in 1846. He oversaw the operations until 1984, when the company was bought out by Macmillan Publishing. He was a trustee of Princeton University from 1969 to 1979, and he was president of the Princeton University Press from 1957 to 1968, a trustee of the press from 1949 to 1981 and president of the American Book Publishers Council,... less