Background
John Blair Scribner was born on June 4, 1850 to Charles Scribner I and Emma Elizabeth Blair (1827-1869).
John Blair Scribner was born on June 4, 1850 to Charles Scribner I and Emma Elizabeth Blair (1827-1869).
He attended Princeton College, but did not graduate, but instead he came to work at Charles Scribner Company with his father.
At the death of his father in 1871, he took over as president of the company. Scribner died of pneumonia on January 21, 1879 at the age of 28. You always look on the dark side.