Charles Scribner

Charles Scribner is the name of several members of a New York publishing family associated with the company bearing their name.

Charles Scribner II

Charles Scribner II (October 18, 1854-April 19, 1930) was born in New York City.

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The elder Scribner passed control of the Company to his oldest son, John Blair Scribner (June 4, 1850-January 21, 1879), who was then joined by Charles Scribner II in 1875 after his Princeton graduation. When the other partners in the venture sold their stake to the family, the company was renamed Charles Scribner's Sons.

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1875 - Charles Scribner's Sons

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In 1870 the Scribners organized a new firm, Scribner and Company, to publish a magazine entitled Scribner?s Monthly which became highly popular. They also launched a well-known magazine for children, St. Nicholas, in 1873 with Mary Mapes Dodge as editor and Frank R. Stockton as assistant editor. The Scribner family sold this company to outside investors in 1881 and Scribner?s Monthly was renamed the Century Magazine, with the Scribners enjoined from publishing any magazine for a period of five years.

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Scribner?s Monthly - Mary Mapes Dodge - Frank R. Stockton - Century Magazine

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In 1884, Scribner's younger brother, Arthur Hawley Scribner, joined Charles Scribner's Sons. The book publishing business was highly successful, and in 1886 Scribner's Magazine was relaunched. It too was a great success.

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Scribner's brother-in-law, Ernest Flagg, was a noted architect who designed two Beaux-Arts buildings for the firm's New York headquarters.

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