Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia. The company also owns the American dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. Originally founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, and historically British, the company is now based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
History
Founding years
thumb|left|Front page of volume 3 of the 1778 Encyclopædia Britannica
The company was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 18th century, during the historical period termed the Scottish Enlightenment. On 14 September 2010, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced a partnership with mobile phone development company Concentric Sky to launch a series of iPhone products aimed at the K–12 market. On 20 July 2011, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced that Concentric Sky had ported the Britannica Kids product line to Intel's Intel Atom-based Netbooks and on 26 October 2011 that it had launched its encyclopaedia as an iPad app. In 2010, Britannica released Britannica ImageQuest, a database of images.
In 2012, after 244 years, Britannica ended the print editions, with the 32 volumes of the 2010 instal<!-- Do not change spelling; in British English "instalment" is spelt with one "l" -->ment being the last on paper; future editions have been published exclusively online since. ProCon.org was acquired by Encyclopædia Britannica in 2020.
See also
- Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition
- Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition
- Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition
- Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
- Encyclopædia Britannica Films
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. v. Crooks
- Lists of encyclopedias
- List of encyclopedias by date
- List of online encyclopedias