Winkler Prins encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
, founded by the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
poet and clergyman Anthony Winkler Prins
Anthony Winkler Prins
Anthony Winkler Prins was a Dutch writer. He is remembered mostly for being chief editor of the Winkler Prins encyclopedia....
(1817-1908), which ran through 9 editions; the first, issued in 16 volumes from 1870 to 1882, and the last (the final in book form), numbering 26 volumes, from 1990 to 1993. As to the contents, this final edition, titled De Grote Winkler Prins (the Great Winkler Prins) is one of the most comprehensive works of its kind published so far in any country, containing more than 200,000 articles and references; such prominent scholars and journalists as Frits Staal
Frits Staal
Johan Frederik Staal is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South & Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley....
and G.B.J. Hiltermann are among the editors. Today an online subscription-based version is available.
Editions
- Geïllustreerde Encyclopædie: Woordenboek voor wetenschap en kunst, beschaving en nijverheid. Chief editor: A. Winkler Prins. 15 vol. A-Z and one vol. (16) with illustrations, 1870-1882. Amsterdam: Brinkman.
- Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie: Woordenboek voor wetenschap en kunst, beschaving en nijverheid. 2nd ed. (2de, naar de nieuwste bronnen herziene en aanmerkelijk vermeerderde uitgave.) Chief editor: A. Winkler Prins. 15 vol., 1884-88. Supplement (vol. 16), 1888. Rotterdam: Elsevier.
- Winkler Prins' Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie. 3rd ed. (3de, geheel om- en bijgewerkte druk.) Chief editor: Henri Zondervan. 16 vol., 1905-1912. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Winkler Prins' Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie. 4th ed. (4de herziene en bijgewerkte druk.) Chief editor: Henri Zondervan. 16 vol., 1914-1922. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Winkler Prins' Algemeene Encyclopaedie. 5th ed. (5de geheel nieuwe druk.) Chief editor: J. de Vries. 16 vol., 1932-1938. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Winkler Prins Encyclopaedie. 6th ed. (6de, geheel nieuwe druk.) Chief editors: E. de Bruyne, G. B. J. Hiltermann, H. R. Hoetink. 18 vol., 1947-1954. Supplement, 1955, 1960, 1969. Amsterdam [etc.]: Elsevier.
- Algemene Winkler Prins Encyclopedie. Chief editors: H. R. Hoetink, E. de Bruyne, J. F. KoksmaJurjen Ferdinand KoksmaJurjen Ferdinand Koksma was a Dutch mathematician who specialized in analytic number theory....
, R. F. Lissens, J. Presser. 10 vol., 1956-1960. Supplement, 1960. Amsterdam [etc.]: Elsevier - Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen. 7th ed. (7de geheel nieuwe druk.) Chief editors: J. F. Staal, A. J. Wiggers. 20 vol., 1966-1975. Supplement, 1976. Amsterdam [etc.]: Elsevier.
- Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in 25 delen. 8th ed. (8ste geheel nieuwe druk.) Chief editors: R. C. van CaenegemRaoul van CaenegemRaoul Charles, Baron van Caenegem , a Belgian historian, was a professor at the University of Ghent. In 1974, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences for his work on medieval history. He studied the history of continental and common law, and why they diverge so sharply...
en S. Groenman. 25 vol., 1979-1984. Supplement, 1984. Amsterdam [etc.]: Elsevier. - Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in 26 delen. 9th ed. (9de geheel nieuwe druk.) Chief editor: L. C. M. Röst. 26 vol., 1990-1993. Amsterdam [etc.]: Elsevier.