Alexander Henderson contributed to which compendium, written by about 100 full-time editors and 4,000 contributors at current?
Alexander Henderson (physician) Alexander Henderson (1780 – 1863) was a Scottish physician and author. Born in Aberdeenshire, he was educated at Edinburgh University, where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1803. He went to London and was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1808. He chiefly devoted himself to letters, though, contributing to such works as "Encyclopædia Britannica" and "Edinburgh Review". He translated Cabanis's "Coup d'œil sur les révolutions et la réforme de la médicine" (1804) as "Sketch of the revolutions of medical science, and views relating to its reform" (1806). He published "The History of Ancient and Modern Wines" in 1824.
Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition The "Encyclopædia Britannica" Second Edition (1777–1784) is a 10-volume reference work, an edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica". It was developed during the encyclopaedia's earliest period as a two-man operation founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was sold unbound in subscription format over a period of 7 years. Most of the medical and scientific articles, as well as the minor articles, were written by James Tytler. All copperplates were created by Bell.