Tom Rosenthal (publisher) explained

Tom Rosenthal
Birth Name:Thomas Gabriel Rosenthal
Birth Date:1935 7, df=y
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:British
Education:The Perse School
Alma Mater:Pembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation:Publisher
Spouse:Ann Warnford-Davis (née Shire)
Children:2 sons
Parents:Erwin Isak Jacob Rosenthal

Elisabeth Charlotte Rosenthal, née Marx
Relations:Miriam Hodgson (sister)

Thomas Gabriel Rosenthal (16 July 1935 – 3 January 2014) was a British publisher and art critic.

Early life

Thomas Gabriel Rosenthal was born on 16 July 1935 in London, the son of Erwin Isak Jacob Rosenthal (1904–1991), a Hebrew scholar and orientalist, and his wife, Elisabeth Charlotte Rosenthal, née Marx (1907–1996), both refugees from Nazi Germany.[1] [2] His sister was the children's books editor Miriam Hodgson.[2]

He was educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, followed by Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he earned a degree in history and English.[3]

Career

Rosenthal joined the publishing company Thames & Hudson in 1959. He was head of Secker & Warburg from 1971 to 1984[1] and later Andre Deutsch Publishers.[4]

In 1997, he founded the Bridgewater Press with his friend the rare book dealer Rick Gekoski, producing limited editions usually in editions of 138 copies.[3]

He was chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Personal life

Rosenthal was married to Ann Warnford-Davis (née Shire), a literary agent, and had two sons, Adam, a surgeon specialising in gynaecological oncology, and Daniel, an author.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tom Rosenthal - obituary. 1 December 2017. The Daily Telegraph. 22 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Hodgson [née Rosenthal], Miriam Ann ]. ODNB. 2009. 30 November 2017.
  3. News: Trewin. Ion. Ion Trewin . Tom Rosenthal obituary. 1 December 2017. The Guardian. 6 January 2014.
  4. Anonymous review of Diana Athill's memoir Stet in The Economist, 9 September 2000.