Encyclopaedia Britannica: History and Facts

The Encyclopædia Britannica was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh.

The Encyclopædia Britannica was founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell from Ireland.

The present owner of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. is Jacqui Safra , a Swiss billionaire and actor.

The Britannica was dedicated to the British monarch from 1788 to 1901 and to both the British monarch and the President of the United States then onwards.

In 1933, the Britannica became the first encyclopædia to adopt "continuous revision", that is it is continually reprinted and every article updated on a schedule.

Great people including Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, James Maxwell, Lord Kelvin and Leon Trotsky have served as the authors of Britannica articles.

The Britannica Junior edition was first published in 1934 as 12 volumes. It was withdrawn from the market in 1984.

The first Children's version of Britannica was issued in London in 1960. It was edited by John Armitage.

The longest article in Britannica is about the United States, which spans 310 pages.

Christine Sutton of the University of Oxford is the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica with 24 articles on particle physics.

Time magazine called the Britannica the "Patriarch of the Library" at the release of its 14th edition.

Since the first release of 15th edition, Britannica has been organised into three parts: the Micropædia, Macropædia, and Propædia.

The first CD-ROM edition Britannica was issued in 1994.

The online Britannica won the Codie award for "Best Online Consumer Information Service" in 2005.

The final print edition of Britannica was in 2010, a 32-volume set.

On, 13 March 2012, it was announced that Encyclopædia Britannica will be publishing no more print editions.

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