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Die Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ist ein in Schottland gegründetes, heute US-amerikanisches Verlagsunternehmen, das vor allem für die Veröffentlichung der Encyclopædia Britannica bekannt ist, der weltweit ältesten kontinuierlich veröffentlichten Enzyklopädie.
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Die Encyclopædia Britannica [ ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə bɹɪˈtænɪkə ],...
- Encyclopædia Britannica – Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia. The company also owns the American dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster, and though historically British, is now based in Chicago, USA.
The Encyclopædia Britannica ( Latin for 'British Encyclopædia') is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors.
- As of 2008[update], 4,411 named contributors
- Several; initial engravings by Andrew Bell
- General
- British English
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica is the oldest English-language general encyclopedia. The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published in 1768, when it began to appear in Edinburgh, and its first digital version debuted in 1981. In 1994 Britannica released the first Internet-based encyclopedia, and Britannica.com was launched in 1999. Britannica relies ...
The Britannica was the idea of Colin Macfarquhar, a bookseller and printer, and Andrew Bell, an engraver, both of Edinburgh. They conceived of the Britannica as a conservative reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot (published 1751–1766), which was widely viewed as heretical.
