Charles Scribner III

He was born on January 26, 1890, in New York City. He was the only son of Charles Scribner II and Louise Flagg (1862–1948).

His maternal grandparents were 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}} His uncle was Ernest Flagg, a notable architect who designed two Beaux-Arts buildings for Scribner'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}}{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Christopher |title=Streetscapes/The Charles Scribner House; A Quintessential Flagg Building Is Being Restored |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/23/realestate/streetscapes-charles-scribner-house-quintessential-flagg-building-being-restored.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1994}}

He graduated from Princeton University in 1913.

After graduating from Princeton, he went to work for the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company, which had been founded by his grandfather in 1846.{{cite web |url=http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/scribner/ |title=Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons |access-date=2008-07-25 |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 }} After seven years as vice president of the firm, he was made president of Scribner's in 1932,{{cite news |title=CHARLES SCRIBNER HEADS BOOK FIRM; Third of Name to Be President of Publishing House Founded by Grandfather in 1846. SEEKS AUTHORS OF VITALITY New Executive Is Interested In Americans Who Have 'Something of Permanent Value to Say.' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/09/27/archives/charles-scribner-heads-book-firm-third-of-name-to-be-president-of.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 1932}} succeeding his uncle, Arthur Hawley Scribner.{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=A.H.SCRIBNER DEAD; HEADED BOOR FIRM; Son of Founder of Noted Pub- lishing House Is Victim of Heart Attack in His Sleep. WAS ACTIVE FOR PRINCETON Permanent President of His Class of '81 and an Organizer and First Head of the Ivy Club. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/07/04/archives/ahscribnerdead-headed-boor-firm-son-of-founder-of-noted-pub-lishing.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 July 1932}} He served as president until his death in 1952.

In 1915, Scribner was married to Vera Gordon Bloodgood (1891–1985), 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}} Together, they were the parents of:

• Julia Bloodgood Scribner (1918–1961), who married the Rev. Thomas James Bigham Jr., son of the Rev. Thomas James Bigham, canon of Trinity Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, in 1945.{{cite news |last1=Moon |first1=James |title=JULIA B. SCRIBNER BECOMES ENGAGED; Publisher's Daughter Fiancee of Rev. Thomas J. Bigham Jr. of General Theological Staff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/03/06/archives/julia-b-scribner-becomes-engaged-publishers-daughter-fiancee-of-rev.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 March 1945}}{{cite news |last1=TIMES.Buschke |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=JULIA B. SCRIBNER NEW JERSEY BRIDE; Daughter of Publisher Is Wed to Rev. Thomas Bigham Jr. in Gladstone Church |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/25/archives/julia-b-scribner-new-jersey-bride-daughter-of-publisher-is-wed-to.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=25 May 1945}}
• Charles Scribner IV (1921–1995),{{cite news |last1=Pace |first1=Eric |title=Charles Scribner Jr., Who Headed Publishing Company, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/13/nyregion/charles-scribner-jr-who-headed-publishing-company-dies-at-74.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=13 November 1995}} who married Jeanette Kissel Sunderland, a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt.{{cite news |title=MISS SUNDERLAND BECOMES FIANCEE; Descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt Will Be the Bride of Charles Scribner Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/12/27/archives/becomes-filfcee-descendant-of-commodore-vandersiltwill-be-the-bride.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 December 1948}}

Scribner died in New York City on February 11, 1952.{{cite news |title=Charles Scribner, Publisher, 62, Dies. President Since 1932 of Book Firm. Joined Staff in 1913. Grandson of Co-Founder. |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 12, 1952 |access-date=2008-07-24 }}

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