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The London Encyclopaedia

For the encyclopaedia published in 1829 and 1839, see London Encyclopaedia (1829).
The London Encyclopaedia, third edition, 2008.

The London Encyclopaedia, first published in 1983,[1] is a 1100-page historical reference work,[2] on the United Kingdom's capital city, London. The encyclopaedia covers the Greater London area.

Development

The first edition of the encyclopaedia was compiled over a number of years by antiquarian bookseller Ben Weinreb[3] and by the historian Christopher Hibbert and was subsequently revised in 1993, 1995, and 2008.[1] It has around 5,000 articles, supported by two indices - one general and one listing people, each of about 10,000 entries - and is published by Macmillan.

In 2012, an app was developed by Heuristic-Media, and released as London—A City Through Time.[1][2] Toby Evetts and Simon Reeves, partners in Heuristic-Media, discussed the development of the app with The Guardian in 2013, describing how 4,500 entries had to be plotted onto a guide map by hand.[3]

Antecedents

The encyclopaedia builds on a number of earlier publications,[4] including:

See also

  • The Encyclopaedia of Oxford – also edited by Christopher Hibbert
  • A London Encyclopaedia – a general encyclopaedia published in London in 1829

References

  1. ^ a b c Jones, Philip (2012-07-05). "New app 'reinvents' London Encyclopaedia". The Bookseller. London. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. ^ a b "A unique guidebook: The city beckons - A multimedia compendium of 2,000 years". The Economist. 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  3. ^ a b "How we made the London: A City Through Time app". the Guardian. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ^ Wilder, Robyn (2014-08-24). "11 Rather Splendid Facts You May Not Have Known About London". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

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