Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926

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Name (Hebrew)
אבוט, אדוין, 1838-1926
Name (Latin)
Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
Other forms of name
Author of Philochristus, 1838-1926
Abbott, E. A. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926
Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926
Abbott, Dr. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926
Philochristus, Author of, 1838-1926
Square, A, 1838-1926
Ein Quadrat
Abbot, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
בוע, הרי
אבוט, אדווין, 1838-1926
Date of birth
1838
Date of death
1926
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
English language--Grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general
Science fiction
Theology
Occupation
Theologians
Authors
Clergy
School principals
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2505657
Wikidata: Q531606
Library of congress: n 50034802
Sources of Information
  • Abbott, Edwin. A concordance to the works of Alexander Pope, 1875:t.p. (with an introduction by Edwin A. Abbott, D.D., Author of "A Shakespearean grammar," etc. etc.)
  • An examination of Dr. Abbott's Through nature to Christ, 1879.
  • Canadiana, September 29, 2021(access point: Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926)
  • His Flatland, 1983:CIP t.p. (A Square, Edwin A. Abbott)
  • How to write clearly : rules and exercises on English composition, 1891:t.p. (Rev. Edwin A. Abbott, M.A., Head Master of the City of London School) p. opp. t.p. (Dr. Abbot's works: How to parse; How to tell the parts of speech; How to write clearly; English lessons for English people)
  • Onesimus : memoirs of a disciple of St. Paul, 1882:t.p. (by the author of "Philochristus")
  • Oxford DNB online, 2 November 2017(Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1838-1926; headmaster and writer; born, Marylebone, Middlesex, on 20 December 1838; elected in 1865, at the early age of twenty-six, to the headmastership of the City of London School, which he held until his retirement in 1889; began to publish in 1870, and his important works include Shakespearean grammar (1870) ... In 1877 he published Bacon and Essex; theological writings include Johannine vocabulary, Philochristus, Onesimus, Silanus the Christian; most remembered as the author of Flatland: a romance of many dimensions, published under the pseudonym of A Square in 1884; died at his home, Hampstead, London on 12 October 1926; he is the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808-1882) [who was] headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone)
  • LCN; card cat.
  • מישוריה. תש"ס.