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Britannica’s editorial staff is made up of writers and editors who have extensive knowledge in their fields, which range from geography to botany to technology and beyond. Britannica commissions work from experts, including leading thinkers in academia and journalism.
Smellie is generally known as the editor of the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, though the biographer of James Tytler claims that Tytler edited both the first and second editions and suggested the idea of such a work to Macfarquhar.
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Hugh Chisholm became the editor for the tenth, eleventh and twelfth editions. [3] Sears Roebuck ownership. Shipping box for the fourteenth edition. In 1915, Sears agreed to market a new and less expensive version of the eleventh edition for middle-class buyers.
Tracy Grant is editor in chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica. As the company’s top editor, she supervises Britannica’s editorial and media staff and oversees the expansion and maintenance of multiple information and media databases for lifelong and K–16 learners worldwide.
Over the years, our contributors have included leading scholars, artists, journalists, and business and political leaders, including five U.S. presidents as well as numerous heads of government of other countries. Legendary sports and entertainment figures have also contributed to Britannica.
The 2007 editorial staff of the Britannica included five Senior Editors and nine Associate Editors, supervised by Dale Hoiberg and four others. The editorial staff helped to write the articles of the Micropædia and some sections of the Macropædia .
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.