Corn, Charles

Charles Corn (1936-2001), author and editor, was born August 22, 1936 in Macon, Georgia, to Ernest and Pauline (Pierce) Corn. He earned degrees from Washington and Lee University (A.B. 1958) and George Washington University (M.A. 1964). He served as a reconnaissance officer, diver, and ranger in the United States Marine Corps from 1958-1962. Corn taught English at George Washington University and American University from 1964-1969 before becoming an executive with publishing companies in New York and Boston. He served as editor-in-chief at E.P. Dutton from 1969-1982. In subsequent years he wrote two books, DISTANT ISLANDS (1991) and THE SCENTS OF EDEN: A NARRATIVE OF THE SPICE TRADE (1998). He died of a stroke March 17, 2001. He was married to journalist and magazine editor Rosalie Muller Wright and had one child, Thomas Seery.