Cyclopedia of Universal History

Cyclopedia of Universal History
AuthorJohn Clark Ridpath
GenreEncyclopedia
No. of books4

The Cyclopedia of Universal History was an encyclopedia of world history (universal history) authored by John Clark Ridpath. The book was produced, initially in 3 volumes, from 1880 to 1884 and was copiously illustrated in black and white, and then expanded to four volumes in 1890 to include a comprehensive account of the events of the nineteenth century up to that time.[1] It also became the prototype for his later History of the World (8 volumes, 1894) and Universal History (16 volumes, 1895).[2] The latter comprises his four-volume work, Great Races of Mankind (1894), which was dedicated to his wife, and was his last major work, having devoted ten years researching and four years writing.[3]

  1. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Ridpath, John Clark" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  2. ^ Ridpath. Cyclopedia of universal history, vol. 1 (Boston: Balch Bros., 1895) preface.
  3. ^ Biography of John Clark Ridpath