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]