Edwin Abbott Abbott
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 December 1838
- Died
- 12 October 1926
- Works
- 77
Top works
- Flatlandia
- Mishoryah
- Flatland
- Flatland : a Romance of Many Dimensions
- Flatland (an Edwin Abbot Classic)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 125
- Total plays
- 1,145
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Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory Flatland (1884). Edwin Abbott 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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Edwin+Abbott+Ab
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
- A Method of Computing the Effectiveness of an Insecticide
· 1925 · cited 10,833x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,070x
- The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.
· 1955 · cited 7,345x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,734x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1838-12-20 ) 20 December 1838, Marylebone , London, England
- Died
- 12 October 1926 (1926-10-12) (aged 87), Hampstead , London, England
- Education
- City of London School , St John's College, Cambridge
- Occupations
- Teacher, author
- Known for
- Flatland
- Father
- Edwin Abbott
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 20 December 1838
- Died
- 12 October 1926
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Abbott
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Place of death
- Hampstead
- Educated at
- City of London School
- Employer
- City of London School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
Article
Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926) was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
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1838 births1926 deaths19th-century Anglican theologians19th-century English Anglican priests19th-century English Christian theologians19th-century English male writers19th-century English novelists20th-century Anglican theologians20th-century English Anglican priests20th-century English male writers20th-century English theologiansAlumni of St John's College, Cambridge