Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica
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Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Summary

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition is a version, edition or translation[1]. It draws 1,205 Wikipedia views per month (version edition or translation category, ranking #51 of 326).[2]

Key Facts

  • Editor: Hugh Chisholm[3]
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press[4]
  • Genre: encyclopedia[5]
  • Follows: Encyclopædia Britannica Tenth Edition[6]
  • Followed by: 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[7]
  • Place of publication: New York City[8], Cambridge[9]
  • Commons category: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica[10]
  • Edition number: 11[11]
  • Language of work or name: English[12]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[13], United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[14]
  • Publication date: 1911[15], 1910[16]
  • Edition or translation of: Encyclopædia Britannica[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica[18]
  • Topic has template: Template:EB1911[19]
  • Title: Encyklopedie Britannica[20], Encyclopædia Britannica[21], The Encyclopædia Britannica[22]
  • Subtitle: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information[23]
  • Copyright status: public domain[24]
  • Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 032[25]
  • Library of Congress Classification (works and editions): AE5 .E36[26]
  • P14502: 990010687730109251[27]

Why It Matters

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . HathiTrust Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . HathiTrust Catalogue. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . HathiTrust Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . HathiTrust Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . HathiTrust Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . British Library online catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Stary Sołtys · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Has part(s): 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/De Loutherbourg, Philip James"
  2. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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