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| name = Hugh Chisholm

| image = Hugh Chisholm 1903.jpg

| caption = Chisholm in 1903

| birth_date = {{birth-date|22 February 1866}}

| birth_place = [[London]], England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|9|29|1866|2|22|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

| spouse =

| known_for = 10th, [[Encyclopædia_Britannica_Eleventh_EditionEncyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|11th]], and 12th editions of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''

| occupation = Journalist and encyclopædiaencyclopedia editor

| education = [[ChristCorpus Christi ChurchCollege, Oxford]]

| relatives = [[Archibald Chisholm]] (son) [[Grace Chisholm]] (sister)

'''Hugh Chisholm''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɪ|z|ə|m}}; 22 February 1866 – 29 September -1924) was a British journalist,. He was andthe editor of the 10th, 11th and 12th editions of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.

He was born in [[London]], England, a son of Henry Williams Chisholm (1809–1901), [[Warden of the Standards]] at the [[Board of Trade]], and his wife Anna Louisa Bell; the mathematician [[Grace Chisholm]] was his sister. He was educated at [[Felsted School]] and matriculated at [[Corpus Christi ChurchCollege, Oxford]], in 1884, graduating in 1888 with a first class in ''[[literae humaniores]]''. He was [[called to the bar]] at the [[Middle Temple]] in 1892.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=32404|first=NigelN.|last=Hamilton|author-link=Nigel Hamilton (author)|title=Chisholm, Hugh (1866–1924)}}</ref><ref>{{alox2|title=Chisholm, Hugh}}</ref>

Chisholm worked for ''[[The St James's Gazette]]'' as assistant editor from 1892 and was appointed editor in 1897. During these years, he also contributed numerous articles on political, financial and literary subjects to the weekly journals and monthly reviews, becoming well known as a literary critic and conservative publicist. He moved in 1899 to ''[[London Evening Standard|The Standard]]'' as chief leader-writer and moved in 1900 to ''[[The Times]]'', to act as co-editor with [[Donald Mackenzie Wallace|Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace]] and President [[Arthur Twining Hadley]] of [[Yale University]] on preparation of the eleven volumes forming the 10th edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. In 1903, he became editor-in-chief for the [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|11th edition]], which was completed under his direction in 1910, and published as a whole by the [[Cambridge University Press]], in 29 volumes, in 1911. He subsequently planned and edited the ''Britannica Year-Book'' (1913).<ref name="EB1922">{{cite EB1922|wstitle=Chisholm, Hugh|volume=30|page=669}}</ref>

Chisholm had been suggested as replacement as editor of ''[[The Times]]'' as an alternative to [[Geoffrey Dawson,]]. and[[Lord in 1913Northcliffe]], following his return from America overseeing the printingowner of ''The Britannica Year-BookTimes'', hefrom was1909, appointedpromised day editor. In August 1913 he was appointed a director ofhim the company.post Hein was financial editor throughout [[World War&nbsp;I]]1911, resigningbut indid 1920not when he embarkedact on the editorshippromise, ofand theDawson threecontinued volumesto forming1919.<ref the 12th edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', published in 1922.name="ODNB"/>

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