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History of Edinburgh

  • Encyclopædia BritannicaIn Edinburgh, Scotland, during the winter of 1768, three men began a project that would become the longest-running encyclopaedia in the English language.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Edinburgh, Scotland, 1768. Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition of Encyclopædia Britannica during the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • A & C BlackCharles Black and Adam Black opened a small bookshop in Edinburgh on the 1st of January 1807. They began by selling religious texts and schoolbooks to local…