Editing Encyclopædia Britannica (section)

=== Staff ===
[[File: Thomas Spencer Baynes.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Thomas Spencer Baynes]], editor of the 9th edition. This portrait, painted in 1888, hangs in the Senate Room of the [[University of St Andrews]].]]
{{as of|2007}} in the 15th edition of ''Britannica'', [[Dale Hoiberg]], a [[sinology|sinologist]], was listed as ''Britannica''{{'s}} Senior Vice President and editor-in-chief.<ref name="propedia_staff">{{Cite journal |last=Goetz |first=Philip W. |year=2007 |title=The New Encyclopædia Britannica |journal=Encyclopaedia Britannica Incorporated |edition=15th edition, {{lang|la|Propædia}} |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=745 |bibcode=1991neb..book.....G}}</ref> Among his predecessors as editors-in-chief were [[Hugh Chisholm]] (1902–1924), [[James Louis Garvin]] (1926–1932), [[Franklin Henry Hooper]] (1932–1938),<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764506,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014082730/https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764506,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2010 |title=Milestones, Aug. 26, 1940 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=26 August 1940 |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref> [[Walter Yust]] (1938–1960), [[Harry Ashmore]] (1960–1963), [[Warren E. Preece]] (1964–1968, 1969–1975), Sir [[William Haley]] (1968–1969), [[Philip W. Goetz]] (1979–1991),<ref name="kister_1994">{{cite book |last=Kister |first=K. F. |url=https://archive.org/details/kistersbestencyc00kist |title=Kister's Best Encyclopedias: A Comparative Guide to General and Specialized Encyclopedias |publisher=Oryx Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-89774-744-8 |edition=2nd |location=Phoenix, Arizona |language=en-us |author-link=Kenneth Kister}}</ref> and [[Robert McHenry]] (1992–1997).<ref name="Britannica History"/> {{As of|2007}} Anita Wolff was listed as the Deputy Editor and [[Theodore Pappas]] as Executive Editor.<ref name="propedia_staff" /> Prior Executive Editors include John V. Dodge (1950–1964) and Philip W. Goetz.

Paul T. Armstrong remains the longest working employee of Encyclopædia Britannica. He began his career there in 1934, eventually earning the positions of treasurer, vice president, and chief financial officer in his 58 years with the company, before retiring in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=Armstrong |work=Chicago Tribune |date=20 January 2001 |url=https://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/encyclopedia-britannica |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920084131/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/encyclopedia-britannica |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 2007 editorial staff of the ''Britannica'' included five Senior Editors and nine Associate Editors, supervised by Dale Hoiberg and four others. The editorial staff helped to write the articles of the {{lang|la|Micropædia}} and some sections of the {{lang|la|Macropædia}}.<ref name="EB_biochemistry">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Biochemical Components of Organisms | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed. | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc | year = 2007 | volume = 14 | pages = 1007–1030}}</ref>