Edinburgh Encyclopædia

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The Edinburgh Encyclopædia was an encyclopaedia in 18 volumes, printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830. In competition with the Edinburgh-published Encyclopædia Britannica,[1] the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia is generally considered to be strongest on scientific topics, where many of the articles were written by the editor.[2]

Other contributors - "Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature" - included Adam Anderson, Charles Babbage, Thomas Carlyle,[3] Robert Gordon, Robert Edmond Grant,[4] John Leslie,[5] Henry Liston, John Gibson Lockhart[3] and Thomas Telford.

In 1815 William Elford Leach published the first bibliography of entomology in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopædia (see Timeline of entomology – 1800–1850).

Contributors [edit]

A list of major contributors, with indications of their articles, was published in 1830.[6]

Richard Poole wrote on "Language", "Mind", "Philology" and "Philosophy".[11]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Brewster, David (1832). In David Brewster. The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature, Volume 18. J. and E. Parker. ISBN 978-0-415-18026-9. 
  2. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica (10 ed.). 1902. 
  3. ^ a b The Literary gazette: A weekly journal of literature, science, and the fine arts 17. H. Colburn. 1833. 
  4. ^ Desmond, Adrian; Parker, Sarah E. (October 2006). The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant (1793–1874). Archives of Natural History 33. 
  5. ^ O'Connor, J J; Robertson, E F. "John Leslie". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
  6. ^ Sir David Brewster (1830). The Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Printed for W. Blackwood. pp. ix–xiv. Retrieved 28 April 2012. 
  7. ^ a b Martha McMackin Garland (1980). Cambridge Before Darwin: The Idéal of Alihsral Education, 1800-1860. Cambridge University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-521-23319-4. Retrieved 22 April 2013. 
  8. ^ Letters, TC to Alexander Galloway; 25 December 1821; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18211225-TC-AGA-01; CL 1: 419
  9. ^  "Stevenson, William (1772-1829)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 
  10. ^ Chapple, John A. V. "Stevenson, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26443.  (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  11. ^ John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (editors), Scottish Notes and Queries (1888), p. 40; archive.org.

Further reading [edit]

  • David Brewster, ed. (1830). Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood. 
    • v.3 Astrophanometer to Bosworth, v.4 Botany to Browne, v.5 Brown to Cheltenham, v.6 Chemistry to Columbo, v.8 Divination to England, v.9 England to Fruit, v.10 Fuci to Herodotus, v.11 Herpetology to Ilay, v.12 Ilchester to Light, v.14 Medicine to Muscat


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