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20 December 1838–12 October 1926
Also known as Edwin A. Abbott, Edwin Abbott Abott, A. Square, Edwin A Abbot, Edwin Abbot, Abbott Abbott, Edwin A. Edwin A. Abbot
Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926), was an English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory Flatland (1884).
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