Philip W. Goetz

Philip W. Goetz

Philip W. Goetz (born 1927) was the Executive Editor (under Chief Editor Warren E. Preece) for the first version of the 15th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911022-1,00.html Contemporary coverage of the unveiling of the 15th edition] in TIME magazine (21 January 1974)] More importantly, he was the Chief Editor for the second version of the 15th edition, which was a massive revision and re-organization of the "Britannica".

Goetz, who obtained a B.S. from Northwestern University in 1950 and joined Britannica in 1952, served as Chief Editor from 1979 to 1991. He is given critical acclaim for making the second version a much more useful encyclopedia, moving it away from the epistemological preconceptions of Mortimer J. Adler.cite book | last = Kister | first = KF | authorlink = Kenneth Kister | year = 1994 | title = Kister's Best Encyclopedias: A Comparative Guide to General and Specialized Encyclopedias | edition = 2nd ed. | publisher = Oryx Press | location = Phoenix, AZ | id = ISBN 0-89774-744-5]

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