After Bayle's Dictionary,the first successful encyclopedia was published by
A) Denis Diderot.
B) Ephraim Chambers.
C) Chevalier Ramsay.
D) Jean d'Alembert.
E) Voltaire.

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Ephraim Chambers published the first successful encyclopedia called Cyclopaedia in 1728, which contained "an universal dictionary of arts and sciences". While Diderot and d'Alembert later published the more famous Encyclopédie in the mid-18th century, Chambers' work paved the way for future encyclopedias. Chevalier Ramsay and Voltaire were both Enlightenment-era writers, but did not publish significant encyclopedias.

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