Denis Diderot
i don't think those were the first encyclopedias ever (there had been some made in China), but they were the Enlightenment-style encyclopedias.
I believe it was Denis Diderot.
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I believe it was Denis Diderot.
One example of an encyclopedia is "Encyclopædia Britannica", first published in 1768.
"In 1890 the first britannica encyclopedia was published. In that time it was very brief and incomplete but as the time went by it progress a lot,as we can see it to day."
According to Wikipedia, the first edition of the World Book Encyclopedia was published in 1917.
Diderot
The first edition of the World Book Encyclopedia was printed in 1917.
he was an artist not a writer!
Everyone was amazed with the writer's first published book Hope this helps
World Book Encyclopedia Writer's Handbook Who's Who
The name of America's first black woman writer to have a book published is Phillis Wheatley. She published her book of poems, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," in 1773.