The British Encyclopedia
''Collins Concise Encyclopedia'' was the most common name for an encyclopedia that was published in various formats and names from 1921 until at least the early 1990s. The set was originally published in 1921–1924 as the ''New Gresham Encyclopedia'' in 12 volumes, by the Gresham Publishing Company of London. Its editors were Angelo Rappaport, Angelo Solomon Rappaport, Richard Ferrer Patterson and John Dougall (editor), John Dougall. An abridged 6 volume edition was published in 1927 as the ''Compact Encyclopedia'' by the same company and the latter two editors. It contained about half the material as the original edition. In 1933 it was published again, but now by William Collins, Sons, Collins Publishers, of London. This edition was in 10 volumes and edited by John Parish, John Maxi Parish. It was also republished the same year as ''The British Encyclopedia'' by Odhams Press. The content consisted of brief, unsigned articles and the encyclopedia was considered mediocre in qual ...
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Gresham Publishing Company
Gresham may refer to: Places Australia *Gresham County, New South Wales United Kingdom *Gresham, Norfolk United States *Gresham, Chicago, Illinois *Gresham, Missouri *Gresham, Nebraska *Gresham, Oregon *Gresham, Texas *Gresham, Wisconsin Buildings * Gresham Hotel, Dublin, Ireland * Gresham Palace, Budapest, Hungary * Gresham (Edgewater, Maryland) Educational establishments *Gresham College, London, England *Gresham Middle School (other) *Gresham's School, Norfolk, England Other * Gresham (surname) * Gresham's law, in economics * USCGC Gresham, USCGC ''Gresham'', a series of boats * Gresham Technologies plc See also

* Grisham (other) * Grissom (other) {{disambig, geo ...
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