Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world’s oldest continuously published encyclopaedia. Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, and historically British, the company has been American-owned since 1901 and is now based in Chicago, Illinois. The company also owns the American dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.

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