• Colin Macfarquhar (1744 or 1745? – 2 April 1793 or May 1793, Edinburgh?, Scotland) was a Scottish bookseller and printer who is most known for co-founding...
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    engraver and printer, who co-founded Encyclopædia Britannica with Colin Macfarquhar. Bell was born in Edinburgh in 1726, his father a baker. He had little...
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  • MacFarquhar (/məkˈfɑːrxər/) is a surname, and may refer to: Colin Macfarquhar Larissa MacFarquhar, American writer Neil MacFarquhar Roderick MacFarquhar...
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    encyclopaedia's earliest period as a two-man operation founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was sold unbound in subscription...
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  • during the historical period termed the Scottish Enlightenment. Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition in 1768. The pair engaged...
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    "Cantoning", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Billeting" . Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    World.", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. "African-Institute - Sudan". Archived from the original on...
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    Marin 2004, p. 148. Marin 2004, pp. 148–149. Marin 2004, p. 149. Colin Macfarquhar and George Gleig, eds., "Ducal" Archived 29 August 2021 at the Wayback...
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    fruit is slightly larger than a lemon and has a more rounded shape. Colin Macfarquhar; George Gleig (1797). Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of...
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    "Chiaro-Scuro", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Tate Glossary. Retrieved 30 August 2007. For the history of...
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    the new Encyclopædia Britannica, which was designed in Edinburgh by Colin Macfarquhar, Andrew Bell and others. It was first published in three volumes between...
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    "Chiozzo", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. History of Chioggia Beazley, Charles Raymond (1911). "Conti...
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    "Cajanaburg", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Media related to Oulujärvi at Wikimedia Commons Oulujarvi,...
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  • included, in chronological order, the Edinburgh, Scotland-based printers Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, Scottish bookseller Archibald Constable, Scottish...
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    "Chilminar", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771, pp. 183–184. Perrot, Jean (2013). The Palace of Darius at Susa:...
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    "Chironomy", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Kendon, Adam (1994). "Human gestures". In K.R. Gibson and T...
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    World.", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Vaughan, R. (1984). "Historical survey of the European whaling...
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    "Chirvan", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Barthold & Bosworth 1997, pp. 487–488. Minorsky, Vladimir....
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    "Chirotony", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Lewton, Elizabeth L.; Bydone, Victoria (1 December 2000). "Identity...
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    March 2019. "Chiney", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Media related to Ciney at Wikimedia Commons v t e...
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    should not render people notable. The Britannica was the idea of Colin Macfarquhar, a bookseller and printer, and Andrew Bell, an engraver, both of Edinburgh...
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    "Chipping", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Page, William (1925). A History of the County of Buckingham...
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    operation initiated by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Most of the editing was done by Macfarquhar, and all the copperplates...
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    Press. p. 218. Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, ed. (1797). Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4, Part 1 (3rd ed.). A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar. p. 126. Hamilton...
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    World.", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. "The Discovery and Exploration of Australia". Australia on...
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  • World.", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. "Bethanie Village in Namibia". The Online Guide to Namibia...
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    the new Encyclopædia Britannica, which was designed in Edinburgh by Colin Macfarquhar, Andrew Bell and others. It was first published in three volumes between...
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    World.", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. "About Iqaluit: History & Milestones". Archived from the original...
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    English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. "Chian Earth", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771....
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    Asia.", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771. Adle 2003, p. 142. Adle 2003, p. 153. Adle 2003, p. 144. Adle...
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