ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that scholarly, activist and editorial activities were closely interconnected in Peter Kropotkin's and Elisee Reclus's experiences in Britain, and that participation in the business of editorial activity was one of the principal reasons for their success within British scholarly milieus. Kropotkin's collaboration was additionally requested for the tenth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, again due to Keltie, as the Scottish geographer had been appointed sub-editor for the section on geography and statistics. Kropotkin's multilingualism and field experience opened for British geographers an immense opportunity for indirect exploration and the possibility of reading the accounts of Russian, German and French travellers in Siberia and Central Asia, with a clear imperial interest for Royal Geographical Society members. A progressive, a friend of Gladstone and with some interest in socialism, Knowles was also undoubtedly one of Kropotkin's most important employers, having commissioned from him more than 30 lengthy articles starting in 1882.
