![]() ![]() Some of his widely known works are Shakespearean Grammar (1870), Philochristus (1878), Onesimus (1882), and The Kernel and the Husk (1886), but he is best known for his novella Flatland. After he retired, Abbott devoted most of his time to his literary and theological interests. In 1865, he was appointed as headmaster of the City of London School and stayed there for 24 years until he retired in 1889. In order to marry Mary Elizabeth Rangeley from Unstone, Derbyshire, he resigned the fellowship and taught at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and then at Clifton College. Edwin Abbott Abbotts satirical 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, is 'on the surface' an examination of multiple dimensions. He was elected to a fellowship at his college and was ordained a deacon. John ’s College of Cambridge, where he received highest honors in classics. He attended the City of London School for his early education years, and then studied at St. The cast includes the voices of actors Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell and Tony Hale. Edwin Abbott Abbott was born in 1838 to Edwin Abbott, the headmaster of the Philological School in Marylebone, England and Jane Abbott-they were first cousins. Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Flatland: The Movie is a short animated film which was released to video in 2007. ![]()
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