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Edwin Abbott Abbott

1838 - 1926

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Abbott Abbott is the 1,734th most popular writer (up from 1,836th in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,401st in 2019) and the 168th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 1,734 out of 7,302. Before him are Shen Yue, Boris Akunin, Herbjørg Wassmo, Liu Zongyuan, Edward Lear, and Caterina Albert. After him are Julius Firmicus Maternus, Johnston McCulley, Marcellinus Comes, Arne Garborg, Jack Vance, and Yosano Akiko.

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Among people born in 1838, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 38. Before him are William Henry Perkin, Fredrik Idestam, Jean-Paul Laurens, Jules Brunet, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Gustav von Schmoller. After him are George William Hill, Clemens Winkler, Henry Sidgwick, Lucien Olivier, Paolo Boselli, and Vatroslav Jagić. Among people deceased in 1926, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 39. Before him are Ellen Key, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Alphonse Borrelly, Théo van Rysselberghe, and Eino Leino. After him are Robert Todd Lincoln, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Ivana Kobilca, Émile Coué, Nikolay Chkheidze, and Leonid Krasin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 1,566 out of 8,785. Before him are Emily Watson (1967), Thomas Cole (1801), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), William McDougall (1871), Alun Armstrong (1946), and John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834). After him are Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Malcolm McLaren (1946), Mary de Bohun (1369), Andy Fletcher (1961), and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 168. Before him are Vita Sackville-West (1892), Karen Armstrong (1944), Robert Harris (1957), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), and Edward Lear (1812). After him are Aphra Behn (1640), Colin Dexter (1930), Ted Hughes (1930), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Peter Shaffer (1926), and Anthony Trollope (1815).

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