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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.
In Encyclopædia Britannica: Britannica in the digital era. Content from the Britannica Book of the Year (generally branded the Britannica Year in Review online) became available online beginning with the 1994 edition (which described the events of 1993).
Since 1938, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. has published annually a Book of the Year covering the past year's events. A given edition of the Book of the Year is named in terms of the year of its publication, though the edition actually covers the events of the previous year.
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.
In 1938, Britannica began publishing a yearly synopsis of world events, called the Britannica Book of the Year. Benton family ownership. In 1941, Britannica was given to the University of Chicago by Sears. However, the university did not believe they could manage the company.
Mar 13, 2012 · Still — this marks the first time in 244 years that the encyclopedia will not be available in print form. The AP reports it was first published in Scotland in 1768.
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Mar 1, 2023 · When the second edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica completed its publication in 1784, sixteen years after the first, it had greatly increased its scope and cost, and had grown from three volumes to ten.
