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editor, publisher; born in New York City.
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Maxwell Perkins
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Joining Charles Scribner's Sons as an editor in 1914 ( and later holding various corporate offices there as well ), he showed a genius for recognizing and fostering talent, publishing early works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, and others He is widely considered the best editor in the trade. . .
