The Hutchinson Encyclopedia is an English-language general encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

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. It is a single volume designed for use in the home, libraries

Library

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and schools. It attempts to be readable by reducing the use of technical language. A small subset of the Encyclopaedia is available for free but full access requires a subscription.

Edition history

• First edition (as Hutchinson's Twentieth Century Encyclopedia) 1948
• Second edition 1951
• Third edition 1956
• Fourth edition (as Hutchinson's new 20th Century Encyclopedia) 1964
• Fifth edition 1970
• Sixth edition (as The new Hutchinson 20th Century Encyclopedia) 1977
• Seventh edition 1981
• Eighth edition (as The Hutchinson Encyclopedia) 1988 - with 25,000 articles and 2,350 illustrations.
• Ninth edition
• Tenth edition 1994
• Eleventh edition 1997

There have also been editions in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2005

There are several other editions about specific subjects