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3 unusual facts about Edwin Abbott


Edwin Abbott

Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), his son, English schoolmaster and theologian

Edwin Milton Abbott (1877–1940), American lawyer and poet who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad executive



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Behold, Eck!

The idea of a two dimensional world was lifted from the 1884 novella Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott, writer William Cox wove a lighthearted comedy treatment around the two dimensional concept called The Reluctant Monster (this had no relation to Flatland other than the idea of a 2-D world).

Steve Tomasula

His first novel, Vas: An Opera in Flatland (with design by Stephen Farrell) is an adaptation of Edwin Abbott’s 1884 novel Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.