Elkan Harrison Powell, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetElkan Harrison Powell
American businessman
Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1888
Date of Death: 08-May-1966
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Elkan Harrison Powell
- Elkan Harrison Powell (21 November 1888 – 8 May 1966) was a president of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.
- Powell introduced the policies of continuous revision and of leveraging the Britannica's fame to market successful spin-off products, such as historical overviews, compilations of good Britannica articles, children's encyclopedias and atlases.
- These policies are still in practice today. Powell was a vice president at Sears Roebuck in 1932, when the publisher of the Britannica, Benjamin J.
- Cox, resigned.
- Powell became his replacement and quickly analyzed the factors affecting the profitability of the Britannica.
- In 1933, he introduced the continuous revision policy..
- New Britannica-branded products such as the 12-volume children's encyclopedia, Britannica Junior, appeared a year later.
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