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Edwin Abbott Abbott (December 20, 1838 – October 12, 1926), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory Flatland (1884). Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808–1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806–1882). His parents were first cousins. He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honours in classics, mathematics and theology, and became fellow of his college. In 1862 he took orders | Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions Abbott Edwin Abbott Published 1884 Categorie s Fiction Humorous Non-Fiction Philosophy Science and Technics Science Source http 1 About Abbott Edwin Abbott Abbott December 20 1838 - October 12 1926 English schoolmaster and theologian is best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory Flatland 1884 . Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott 1808-1882 headmaster of the Philological School Marylebone and his wife Jane Abbott 1806-1882 . His parents were first cousins. He was educated at the City of London School and at St John s College Cambridge where he took the highest honours in classics mathematics and theology and became fellow of his college. In 1862 he took orders. After holding masterships at King Edward s School Birmingham and at Clifton College he succeeded G. F. Mortimer as headmaster of the City of London School in 1865 at the early age of twenty-six. He was Hulsean lecturer in 1876. He retired in 1889 and devoted himself to literary and theological pursuits. Dr. Abbott s liberal inclinations in theology were prominent both in his educational views and in his books. His Shakespearian Grammar 1870 is a permanent contribution to English philology. In 1885 he published a life of Francis Bacon. His theological writings include three anonymously published religious romances - Philochristus 1878 Onesimus 1882 and Sitanus 1906 . More weighty contributions are the anonymous theological discussion The Kernel and the Husk 1886 Philomythus 1891 his book The Anglican Career of Cardinal Newman 1892 and his article The Gospels in the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica embodying a critical view which caused considerable stir in the English theological world. He also wrote St Thomas of Canterbury his Death and Miracles 1898 Johannine Vocabulary 1905 Johannine Grammar 1906 . Flatland was published in 1884. Source Wikipedia Copyright This work is available for countries where .

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