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. His sister was the children's books editor

Miriam Hodgson Miriam Ann Hodgson (née Rosenthal, 10 December 1938 – 14 November 2005) was a British editor of children's books. In their obituary, ''The Guardian'' called her "one of the most successful children's books editors of the last 20 years, and one ...

. He was educated at

The Perse School (He who does things for others does them for himself) , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent day school , religion = Nondenominational Christian , president = , head_label = Head , he ...

in Cambridge, followed by

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

, where he earned a degree in history and English.

Career

Rosenthal joined the publishing company

Thames & Hudson Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts. It also publishes books on archaeology, history, ...

in 1959. He was head of

Secker & Warburg Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press. History Secker & Warburg Secker & Warburg was formed in 1935 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership, ...

from 1971 to 1984 and later Andre Deutsch Publishers.Anonymous review of

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's memoir ''Stet'' in ''The Economist'', 9 Sept. 2000. In 1997 he founded the Bridgewater Press with his friend the rare book dealer

Rick Gekoski Richard Abraham Gekoski (born August 25, 1944) is an American-British writer, broadcaster, rare book dealer and a former member of the English Department at Warwick University. Early life and education Gekoski was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, ...

producing limited editions usually in editions of 138 copies. He was chairman of the

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA c ...

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.

Later life

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenthal, Thomas Gabriel 1935 births 2014 deaths British art critics British publishers (people) Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge People educated at The Perse School