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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.
Edwin Abbot House Now occupied by the Longy School of Music, this house was constructed in 1889 by Longfellow, Alden and Harlow for Edwin Hale Abbot. Abbot was a railroad executive and lawyer.
About Edwin Abbott. Edwin A. Abbott (1838 – 1926) was a leading scholar of the Victorian period. A schoolmaster from the age of 26, Abbott oversaw the education of many luminaries of the Edwardian era and beyond, including Prime Minister H. H. Asquith…. More about Edwin Abbott
Adwin Abbot House, Cambridge, Massachusetts photographs Measurement: 18.415 x 23.495 (centimeters) Description: In 1889, the railroad magnate Edwin Hale Abbot commissioned Longfellow, Alden & Harlow to build this house just off Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1937, it was purchased by the Longy School of Music. Source:
Edwin A. Abbott (1838 - 1926) was a leading scholar of the Victorian period. A schoolmaster from the age of 26, Abbott oversaw the education of many luminaries of the Edwardian era and beyond, including Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. In his retirement, Abbott devoted himself to writing theological discussions and biographies.
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), his son, English schoolmaster and theologian, author of Flatland Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad executive Edwin Milton Abbott (1877–1940), American lawyer and poet who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
People best know British theologian and writer Edwin Abbott Abbott for his imaginative satirical novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884). This English schoolmaster authored of the mathematical satire. He was educated at the city of London school and at college of Saint John, Cambridge, where he as fellow took the highest honors in ...
