Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926)
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Edwin A. Abbott was born December 20, 1838. He attended City of London School and Cambridge, where he was an honor student in the classics. Following the career path of his father, Abbott was ordained an Anglican minister. Later he rejected a career as a clergyman and at the age of twenty-six, he mehr anzeigen returned to City of London School as Headmaster, a position he held for twenty-five years. Always curious about views from varying perspectives, he promoted a liberal attitude toward people of differing backgrounds. As president of the Teachers Training Society, for example, he lobbied for access to university education for women. He resigned as Headmaster at age fifty-three in protest of proposed changes to the mission of the school. Abbott wrote more than fifty books on widely different topics. He had published two series of his sermons while at Cambridge, a book on Shakespearean grammar, and accounts of his efforts to admit women to higher education. His most notable work is Flatland, written in 1884. Flatland is still widely read by both mathematicians and science-fiction readers because of its portrayal of the idea of higher dimensions. The narrator, a two-dimensional square called A Square happens into a three-dimensional world where he gains a wider vision into objects in his two-dimensional home. The book was a favorite with C. S. Lewis. Abbott died on October 12, 1926. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Edwin A. Abbott
A Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences Between Elizabethan and Modern English (1897) 82 Exemplare
Johannine Vocabulary: A Comparison of the Words of the Fourth Gospel with Those of the Three (1905) 13 Exemplare
The fourfold Gospel. Section 2, The beginning 2 Exemplare
Abbott's First Latin Book 1 Exemplar
A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope 1 Exemplar
The fourfold Gospel. Section 1, Introduction 1 Exemplar
The kernel and the husk 1 Exemplar
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- 1838-12-20
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- 1926-10-12
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- England, UK
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- London, England, UK
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- Hampstead, London, England, UK
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- influenza
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- London, England, UK
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- City of London School
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- King Edward School
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- Fellow, British Academy (1913)
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This book reminded me of Star Maker, but luckily Flatland is much shorter and consists of beautiful English prose. Flatland is a monologue describing an epiphany concerning the Nature of the Universe. I also see connections with thought experiments such as Plato's allegory of the cave. It invites the reader to extend the analogy to our own experience.
The tone of the narrator is scientific and slightly sad, which makes it (despite its short length) a bit of a heavy read. There's also a distopian tinge to the story.
The Flatland States are conservative and very woman-unfriendly. Can't tell if the writer is a bigot or a satirist. ;)
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