robert and william chambers

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Definition von robert and william chambers im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born July 10, 1802, Peebles, Tweeddale, Scot. died March 17, 1871, St. Andrews, Fifeshire born 1800, Peebles died 1883 Scottish publishers. Robert, who began business as a bookstall keeper in Edinburgh, wrote historical, literary, and geological works. In 1832 the brothers started Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which led to the establishment of the publishing firm W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. Their Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1859-68) was based on a translation of the German Konversations-Lexikon. Considered scholarly and reliable on historical subjects, the encyclopaedia has gone through several editions, but the lack of a continuous revision system has led to the dating of much of its material

Silbentrennung

Rob·ert and Wil·liam cham·bers

Türkische aussprache

räbırt ınd wîlyım çeymbırz

Aussprache

/ˈräbərt ənd ˈwəlyəm ˈʧāmbərz/ /ˈrɑːbɜrt ənd ˈwɪljəm ˈʧeɪmbɜrz/