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Edwin Abbott Abbott
1838Dec, 20

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926)
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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