The British Encyclopaedia and The British Dictionary are a 12 volume illustrated general knowledge encyclopaedia and dictionary published by Odhams Press Ltd in 1933. Volumes one to ten form the Encyclopaedia while the final two together make up the Dictionary.

The work was prepared under the general editorship of J. M. Parrish, M.A. (Oxon.), John R. Crossland, F.R.G.S., and Angelo S. Rappoport, Ph.D., B. es L., and contains an Introduction by Cyril Norwood, then Headmaster of Harrow School

Harrow School

Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...

. Contributors to the work include a number of prominent academics.