Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Encyclopaedia Britannica is a long-standing, highly respected general knowledge reference work first published in the 18th century and now available in both print and digital formats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language encyclopedia
encyclopedia
reference work
11thEditionNumberOfVolumes 29
11thEditionPublicationYears 1910–1911
11thEditionPublisher Encyclopaedia Britannica self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company
15thEditionFeature Encyclopaedia Britannica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Macropædia

Encyclopaedia Britannica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Micropædia

Propædia
15thEditionNumberOfVolumes 30
15thEditionPublicationYear 1974
countryOfOrigin Scotland
coverage arts
biography
geography
history
sciences
editorialPolicy expert-written articles
fact-checked content
firstEditionPublicationPlace Edinburgh
firstEditionPublicationYear 1768
firstEditor William Smellie
founder Andrew Bell
Colin Macfarquhar
genre general reference
hasEducationalBrand Britannica Academic
Britannica School
surface form: Britannica Kids

Britannica School
hasOnlineVersion Encyclopaedia Britannica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Britannica Online
headquartersCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
inception 1768
language English
mediaType digital
online encyclopedia
print
notableEdition 11th edition
notableFor longest continuously published English-language encyclopedia
numberOfVolumesFirstEdition 3
owner Encyclopaedia Britannica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
parentCompany Encyclopaedia Britannica Group
printEditionDiscontinued 2012
printFormat multi-volume set
publisher Encyclopaedia Britannica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
reputation authoritative
highly respected
subjectMatter general knowledge
targetAudience educators
general audience
students
website https://www.britannica.com

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Alfred von Tirpitz describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Colin Macfarquhar notableWork Encyclopaedia Britannica
Colin Macfarquhar coFounded Encyclopaedia Britannica
Colin Macfarquhar employer Encyclopaedia Britannica
Isadora Duncan describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
this entity surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica
Nathan Appleton describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Harlow Shapley describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Alexander Bustamante describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Arthur Cayley describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Charles Burney describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sybil Thorndike describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Giovanni Giolitti describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
William Allen White describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Judah P. Benjamin describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Timothy Dwight IV describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Octave Mirbeau describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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John describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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George Sydenham Clarke describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Karl Kraus describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pascual Ortiz Rubio describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Kiro Gligorov describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Thomas Francis Wade describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Manfred Gerlach describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
William Chauvenet describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bettino Ricasoli describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Roy Welensky describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Thomas Pringle describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Charles Lamb describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hubert Howe Bancroft describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Margaret Murray describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nicolae Iorga describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Horatio Seymour describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ellen Glasgow describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sir Francis Bond Head describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Jan Neruda describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edmund Cartwright describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
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