About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 90. Chapters: Ancient universities of Scotland, Defunct universities and colleges in Scotland, Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Adam Smith, James Hutton, Thomas Reid, Ancient university, Henry Home, Lord Kames, University constituency, History of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francis Hutcheson, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Naive realism, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, Ancient university governance in Scotland, Undergraduate gowns in Scotland, John Walker, John Erskine, St Peter's Seminary, Cardross, Dugald Stewart, John Clerk of Eldin, History of the University of St Andrews, George Turnbull, Thomas Blackwell, Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women, General Council, Education Act 2004, School Establishment Act 1616, Education Act 1696, James Anderson of Hermiston, Academic Senate, Archibald Alison, Istvan Hont, Students' Representative Council, Queen Margaret College, Meal Monday, University Court, The Poker Club, Sponsio Academica, John Millar, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, Education Act 1646, Bell College, School boards in Scotland, Henry Moyes, Education Act 1633, Blairs College, Education Act 1496, The Select Society, Glasgow Literary Society, George Muirhead, Free Church Training College. Excerpt: The Encyclopaedia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia") is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., a privately held corporation. Articles are aimed at educated adults, and written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert contributors. It is regarded as one of the most scholarly of encyclopaedias. The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still in print. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew in popularity and size, its third edition (1797
