Charles Scribner I

Charles Scribner I (February 21, 1821 – August 26, 1871) founded a publishing company that would eventually become Charles Scribner's Sons.

Early life Scribner was born in New York City on February 21, 1821. He was the son of Uriah Rogers Scribner (1778–1853) and Betsey (née Hawley) Scribner (1787–1871). Among his siblings were the Rev. William Scribner and Walter Scribner, a druggist. His sister Martha was the wife of George W. Schuyler, and their family included sons Eugene Schuyler, and Walter S. Schuyler, as well as grandson Walter S. Grant.

He attended the Lawrenceville School from 1834 to 1837. After a year's study at New York University, he entered Princeton University and graduated with the class of 1840. He began the study of law, but was obliged by ill health to make a trip to Europe. he formed the house of Scribner and Welford in 1857 for the importation of foreign books. After his death, she founded Skidmore College. Emma Locke Scribner (1852–1922), who married Walter Cranston Larned (1850–1914), art editor of the Chicago Daily News. Charles Scribner II (1854–1930), who married Louise Flagg (1862–1948), daughter of priest and painter Jared Bradley Flagg and sister of architect Ernest Flagg. Arthur Hawley Scribner (1859–1932), who married Helen Annan (1868–1928). He died of typhoid on August 26, 1871, while traveling in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is interred in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City.