Tom Rosenthal (publisher)

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]

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.

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]