Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions (Literary Classics)

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Acerca del autor: Edwin A. Abbott was born in London on December 20, 1838,  the  son  of  the  headmaster  of  the  Philological School  in  Marylebone.  Educated  at  the  City  of  London School and at St. John’s College in Cambridge, he received highest  honors  in  the  classics,  mathematics,  and  theology. After graduation Abbott married and became a minister. In addition  to  holding  positions  at  King  Edward’s  School  in Birmingham  and  at  Clifton  College  in  Bristol,  he became headmaster of the City of London School in 1865—a position he held for twenty-five years. He was considered one of  the greatest teachers of his era.

Abbott retired in 1889 to devote himself  to his literary and theological pursuits. Although most remembered for his mathematical  satire  Flatland:  A  Romance  of  Many  Dimensions, published under the pseudonym A. Square, he authored many other  books.  Among  his  many  works  are  Shakespearean Grammar (1870); Francis Bacon: His Life and Works (1885); the anonymous  theological  discussion  The  Kernel  and  the  Husk (1886);  three  anonymously  published  religious  romances— Philochristus  (1878),  Onesimus  (1882),  and  Sitanus  (1906); Philomythus  (1891);  The  Anglican  Career  of  Cardinal  Newman (1892); St. Thomas of  Canterbury, His Death and Miracles (1898); as  well  as  “The  Gospels,”  an  article  published  in  the  ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Abbott died on October 12, 1926.