Encyclopædia Edinensis

The Encyclopædia Edinensis was a six-volume general encyclopedia published in Edinburgh in 1827, and intended for a popular audience. It was edited by James Millar, who died just before it was complete.[1]

Editorial staff

Work began on the Encyclopædia in 1816.[5] Millar edited the fourth and parted of the fifth editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica and had contributed extensively to both. His goal with the Edinensis was to create a more popular work. However, his use of a large quarto format, reminiscent of the Britannica hampered the project as duodecimal, miniature formats were then in vogue.[6]

Phrenology

The editorial line was quite sympathetic to phrenology. According to the Phrenological Journal, Sommers approved the inclusion of the uncritical article "Phrenology".[7] Poole in 1819 wrote for the encyclopedia an article on education, an early treatment from the point of phrenology.[8]

Other contributors

References

  1. David Philip Miller (2004). Discovering Water: James Watt, Henry Cavendish, and the Nineteenth Century 'Water Controversy'. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7546-3177-4. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. James Millar, Encyclopedia Edinensis; or, Dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature vol. 1 (1827), p. vi; archive.org.
  3. The Journal of psychological medicine and mental pathology. Churchill. 1851. p. 157. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  4. Scotland; Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845). The new statistical account of Scotland. W. Blackwood and Sons. p. 369. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. S. Padraig Walsh Anglo-American general encyclopedias 1703-1967 New York and London; R.R. Bowser Company 1968 p.55
  6. Robert Collison Encyclopedias: their history throughout the ages 2nd ed. New York and London; Haffner Publishing Company 1966 p.178
  7. The phrenological journal and miscellany. s.n. 1824. pp. 641–3. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  8. The Phrenological journal and miscellany. Printed for the Proprietors. 1826. p. 171. Retrieved 20 May 2012.


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