Ferguson

Charles W. Ferguson was an influential American writer and editor born in 1901 in Quanah, Texas, son of a minister who graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1923 and briefly served as a Methodist minister before shifting to academia and publishing.[1] He advanced his studies at Union Theological Seminary and the New School for Social Research, worked as associate editor of Bookman, held editorial roles at George H. Doran and as president of Round Table Press, and served as senior editor at Reader's Digest from 1934 to 1968 while authoring books on religious themes, including the award-winning biography Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey.[1] He taught at the University of Texas and Southern Methodist University until his death in 1987 in Ossining, New York after a battle with cancer.[1]