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Thomas Dobson

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history of “Encyclopædia Britannica”

  • editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica
    In Encyclopædia Britannica: Third edition

    Thomas Dobson, a printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published a reprint titled simply Encyclopædia (which he called the first American edition), with some parts rewritten to correct British bias. James Moore’s Dublin reprint (1791–97) was an exact reproduction of the third edition, with the addition of…

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