Charles Scribner II
{{Short description|American businessman (1854–1930)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Charles Scribner II
| image = Charles Scribner by V Floyd Campbell.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Portrait of Charles Scribner II by V. Floyd Campbell
| office = President of Charles Scribner's Sons
| term_start = 1879
| term_end = 1930
| predecessor = John Blair Scribner
| successor = Arthur Hawley Scribner
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1854|10|18}}
| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|04|19|1854|10|18}}
| death_place = Manhattan, New York, US
| education = Princeton University
| spouse = Louise Flagg
| children = 2, including Charles
| parents = Charles Scribner I
Emma Elizabeth Blair
| relatives = Arthur Hawley Scribner (brother)
John Blair Scribner (brother)
Ernest Flagg (brother-in-law)
}}
Charles Scribner II (October 18, 1854 – April 19, 1930) was the president of Charles Scribner's Sons and a trustee at Skidmore College.
Early life
He was born in New York City on October 18, 1854. He was the son of Emma Elizabeth Blair (1827–1869) and Charles Scribner I.
Career
He joined his father's publishing company in 1875 after his Princeton graduation.{{cite web |url=http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/scribner/ |title=Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons |access-date=2008-07-25 |quote=Charles Scribner, 1821–1871 (Princeton Class of 1840), Charles Scribner, 1854–1930 (Princeton Class of 1875), Arthur Hawley Scribner, 1859–1932 (Princeton Class of 1881), Charles Scribner, 1890–1952 (Princeton Class of 1913), Charles Scribner, 1921–1995 (Princeton Class of 1943), Charles Scribner, 1951– (Princeton Class of 1973) |publisher=Princeton University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502105709/http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/scribner/ |archive-date=2008-05-02 |url-status=dead }} When the other partners in the venture sold their stake to the family, the company was renamed Charles Scribner's Sons. 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.
In 1889, Scribner was a founding member of the American Publishers Association.{{cite news |title=The Price of Books |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/10/13/102618226.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=October 13, 1900 |access-date=2008-07-24 }} He was a trustee at Skidmore College.{{cite news |title=Mourned at Skidmore. Up-State College Pays Tribute to Mr. Scribner, a Trustee. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/04/23/archives/mourned-at-skidmore-upstate-college-pays-tribute-to-mr-scribner-a.html |quote=Mr. Scribner, brother-in-law of Mrs. Lucy Skidmore Scribner, was a trustee of the college almost from the beginning, becoming a member of the board in 1912. ... |work=The New York Times |date=April 23, 1930 |access-date=2008-07-25 }}
Personal life
In 1882, Scribner was married to Louise Flagg (1862–1948), a daughter of Amelia Louisa ({{nee}} Hart) Flagg and Jared Bradley Flagg, an Episcopal priest and a notable painter.{{cite book| last= Flagg | first= Ernest| title= Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking| place= Hartford, Connecticut| year= 1926| page= 135}} Scribner's brother-in-law, Ernest Flagg, was an architect and designed two Beaux-Arts buildings for the firm's New York headquarters.{{cite book| last= Flagg| first= Lucius C. S.| title= Family Records of the Descendants of Gershom Flagg| place= Quincy, Illinois| year= 1907| pages= 125, 128}} Together, Charles and Louise were the parents of:
- Louise Scribner (1883–1963), who married George Richard Delaplaine Schieffelin, a grandson of U.S. Representative Isaac C. Delaplaine,{{cite news |title=GEORGE SCHIEFFELIN, SCRIBNER EX-OFFICIAL |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/21/archives/george-schieffelin-scribner-exofficial.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 June 1950}} in 1904. They divorced in 1941.{{cite news |title=Divorces G.R.D. Schieffelin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/01/archives/divorces-grd-schieffelin.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 March 1941}}{{cite news |title=George Schieffelin, 82, Ex-Scribner Chairman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/02/arts/george-schieffelin-82-ex-scribner-chairman.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 February 1988}}
- Charles Scribner III (1890–1952), who married Vera Gordon Bloodgood, daughter of Hildreth Kennedy Bloodgood,{{cite news |title=VERA B. SCRIBNER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/17/nyregion/vera-b-scribner.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=17 February 1985}} in 1915.{{cite news |title=VERA G. BLOODGOOD WEDS C. SCRIBNER, JR.; Ceremony in Church of the Heavenly Rest, Attended by a Large Assembly of Society. SISTER, MATRON OF HONOR Bride's Gown of Striped Silver Cloth Strikes a New Note in Court Train -- Reception and Guests. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/05/27/archives/vera-g-bloodgood-weds-c-scribner-jr-ceremony-in-church-of-the.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 May 1915}}
=Legacy=
His summer house in Cornwall, New York, was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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