Charles Scribner II

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. 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. He was a trustee at Skidmore College.

Personal life In 1882, Scribner was married to Louise Flagg (1862–1948), a daughter of Amelia Louisa ( Hart) Flagg and Jared Bradley Flagg, an Episcopal priest and a notable painter. Scribner's brother-in-law, Ernest Flagg, was an architect and designed two Beaux-Arts buildings for the firm's New York headquarters. Together, Charles and Louise were the parents of:

Louise Scribner (1883–1963), who married George Richard Delaplaine Schieffelin, son of George Richard Schieffelin and a grandson of U.S. Representative Isaac C. Delaplaine, in 1904. They divorced in 1941. Charles Scribner III (1890–1952), who married Vera Gordon Bloodgood, daughter of Hildreth Kennedy Bloodgood, in 1915.

He died on April 19, 1930.

Legacy His summer house in Cornwall, New York, was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places.