paragraph_text: Ephraim Chambers (oko 1680., Kendal – 15. svibnja 1740., Islington) je bio engleski pisac i enciklopedist. Najpoznatiji je po djelu Cyclopaediji, Univerzalnom rječniku umjetnosti i znanosti.<ref>Robert Lewis Collison reminds us that Chambers attained the distinction of "father of the modern encyclopaedia throughout the world." (Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout the Ages, 2d ed., p.103, Hafner, New York & London, 1966.) cited in University of Wisconsin