Encyclopedia Britannica

In this Wikipedia article you can find the history of the Britannica encyclopedia. You can find that it is a Scottish-founded company but now it is an American company .it is the oldest continuously published encyclopedia. A printer Colin Macfarquhar and an engraver Andrew bell formed a partnership to create a new book that would embody the spirit of scholarly. In 1768 William Smellie was engaged to edit the original three volume work. In the other sections you can find information about the authors that founded this encyclopedia such as Sear Roebuck, William Benton, and Jacqui Safra. And there is other sections where you can find more information about this encyclopedia.in the next section you can find the references and further reading information. In the last section you can find the external links such as the company website and the Authority control.  

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Inc.#History