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EncyclopediaAbbott, Edwin AbbottAbbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838–1926, English clergyman and author, b. London. He wrote several theological works and a biography (1885) of Francis Bacon, but he is best known for his standard Shakespearian Grammar (1870) and the pseudonymously written Flatland (by A Square, 1884, 6th ed. 1952). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Edwin Abbott Abbott from Infoplease:
- Encyclopedia: Protestant Christianity: Biographies - Encyclopeadia articles concerning Protestant Christianity: Biographies.
- Flatland - To The Inhabitance of Space in General And H.C. in particular This Work is Dedicated By a Humble Native of Flatland In the Hope that Even as he was In
- Dedication - To The Inhabitance of Space in General And H.C. in particular This Work is Dedicated By a Humble Native of Flatland In the Hope that Even as he was In
- This World - I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.
- Other Worlds - "O brave new worlds, That have such people in them!"
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