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{{Infobox Person
| name        = Hugh Chisholm
| image       = Hugh Chisholm 1903.jpg
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| birth_date  = {{birth-date|22 February 1866}} 
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death-date|29 September 1924}} 
| death_place = London, England
| spouse      = 
| known_for   = 11th and 12th editions of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
| occupation  = journalist and encyclopædia editor 
}}
'''Hugh Chisholm''' (22 February 1866 – 29 September 1924) was a British journalist, and editor of the 11th and 12th editions of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.

He was born in London, a son of Henry Williams Chisholm, Warden of the Standards at the [[Board of Trade]]. Hugh Chisholm was educated at [[Felsted School]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], read for the Bar and was called to the [[Middle Temple]] in 1892.

Chisholm worked for ''The St James's Gazette'' as assistant editor from 1892 and was appointed editor in 1897. He moved in 1899 to ''[[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 seven volumes forming the 10th edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. In 1903 he became editor for the 11th edition (1910-1911).

Chisholm had been suggested as replacement as Editor of ''[[The Times]]'' as an alternative to Dawson, and in 1913, following his return from America overseeing the printing of ''The Britannica Year-Book'', he was appointed day editor. In August 1913 he was appointed a director of the company. He was financial editor throughout [[World War I]], resigning in 1920 when he embarked on the editorship of the three volumes forming the 12th edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', published in 1922.

[[Grace Chisholm]] was his sister.

==References==
* Article "Hugh Chisholm", in ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 12th edition (1922), vol 30, p 669.
* ''The Times'', 30 September, 1924, p 14, Issue 43770, Col d. Obituary of Chisholm.
* [[Janet E. Courtney]]: ''An Oxford Portrait Gallery'', (London) 1931, pp 167-157. Janet Courtney, née Hogarth,worked for ''The Times'' Book Club and was later responsible for the arrangement of the Index volume to the 11th and 12th editions of [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. 
* Anon, ''History of the Times'', Vol 3, 1884 - 1912, (1939) pp 121, 519, 755, 829
* ''Ibid'', Vol 4, 1912 - 1920, (1947) pp 143, 137, 138, 208, 472
* ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'', article "Hugh Chisholm"

==External links==

* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~recb/chisoc/Medlam/ChisBell/chbh1.txt The Chisholm family]
* {{Wikisource-inline|Author:Hugh Chisholm|Hugh Chisholm}}
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