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Encyclopædia Britannica. 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 ...
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Harriet Quimby was an American aviator, the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel. Quimby’s birth date and place are not well attested. (She sometimes claimed 1884 in Arroyo Grande, California.) By 1902, however, it is known that she and her family were living in California, and in. Wright brothers.
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the real Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time.
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On 1 April 2005, Encyclopædia Britannica announced its immediate takeover of the Wikimedia Foundation (to be known henceforth as Wikimædia) and all of its projects, including Wikipedia (now Wikipædia ), Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, and Wikinews.
Mother’s Day was founded by Anna Jarvis, but the idea came from her mother, Ann. Ann was active in women’s clubs, and in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War, she organized a Mothers’ Friendship Day, to promote reconciliation between Union and Confederate veterans and their families. Ann died in 1905 but not before expressing ...
