biography
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| (1854–1930)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in New York City, New York, USA. In 1879 he succeeded his brother, John Blair Scribner, as head of the firm that became Charles Scribner's Sons, acting as president until 1928 and then as chairman of the board. Aided by editors such as Maxwell Perkins, Scribner's grew in distinction, publishing works by Edith Wharton, George Santayana, Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Roosevelt, and others. |
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