| LC control no. | n 50034802 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926 |
| Variant(s) | Abbott, Dr. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926 Abbott, E. A. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926 Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926 Square, A, 1838-1926 Author of Philochristus, 1838-1926 Philochristus, Author of, 1938-1926 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Birth date | 1838-12-20 |
| Death date | 1926-10-12 |
| Place of birth | Marylebone (London, England) |
| Place of death | Hampstead (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Theology Grammar, Comparative and general English language--Grammar Science fiction |
| Affiliation | City of London School |
| Profession or occupation | School principals Clergy Theologians Authors |
| Found in | His Flatland, 1983: CIP t.p. (A Square, Edwin A. Abbott) An examination of Dr. Abbott's Through nature to Christ, 1879. 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.) 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) Canadiana, September 29, 2021 (access point: Abbott, Edwin A. (Edwin Abbott), 1838-1926) |
| National bib agency no. | 0040F7261E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Quality code | nlc |
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