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The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica contained almost twice as many articles as the last significant edition before it, but it contained only 15 or 16 percent more words. The difference had to do with editorial considerations regarding the matter of fragmentation.
Edwin Forrest vs. William Macready. Edwin Forrest was an American actor who achieved fame in the 1830s. He traveled to England in 1836 and his first engagement was well-received. But a misunderstanding led him to publicly hiss during a performance by William Macready, a well-known English actor, arousing great indignation in England.
"The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica" is identified as a contributor. What does that mean? You will notice that many of the encyclopedic articles on this site are attributed in full or in part to the Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The vast majority of articles attributed solely to the editors have been written, reviewed, or revised by external advisers and experts, and the lack of ...
From the early 1990s the Encyclopædia Britannica also appeared in compact disc versions, and in 1994 Britannica debuted the first Internet-based encyclopaedia. The online version, in its many digital forms, had become the primary focus by the early 21st century. A series of ownership changes led to the encyclopaedia’s purchase by American ...
Encyclopædia Britannica - Reference Work, 14th Edition: The 14th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica differed from its predecessors both in the scope of its contents and in the method of its construction. The rapid changes in the world since the publication of the 11th edition meant that no one editor could claim the omniscience that would have been needed to organize the whole field of ...
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3 days ago · Rosa Parks (born February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.—died October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan) was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States.
