The Encyclopaedia Britannica

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, INC. is an international reference and educational publishing company founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768, and the publisher of the world’s oldest continuously published encyclopedia. As editor, it produced Founding Fathers: The Essential Guide to the Men Who Made America.

Originally established by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, Britannica has been American-owned since 1901 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Its flagship encyclopedia has appeared in fifteen official editions, with print publication ceasing in 2012 and the work continuing online. The company also owns dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster and has been a pioneer in digital learning since the 1980s.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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