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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Abbott Abbott has received more than 275,976 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Edwin Abbott Abbott is the 1,837th most popular writer (up from 2,158th in 2019), the 1,400th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,678th in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Writer.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 1,837 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcus Tullius Tiro, Malcolm Lowry, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Rick Riordan, Rhonda Byrne, and Daṇḍin. After him are Herodas, Pierre Lemaitre, Fulcanelli, May Ziade, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Feng Menglong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 40. Before him are Ludwig Gumplowicz, Jules Brunet, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Vatroslav Jagić, and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha. After him are Clemens Winkler, Lucien Olivier, Henry Sidgwick, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, and John Muir. Among people deceased in 1926, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 42. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck, Eino Leino, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, and Robert Todd Lincoln. After him are Nikolay Chkheidze, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Ye Wanyong, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Annie Oakley, and Helen Allingham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 1,400 out of 8,785. Before him are Jimmy Greaves (1940), William Aiton (1731), Paul Gascoigne (1967), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Wayne Rooney (1985), and Malcolm Lowry (1909). After him are Harry Gregg (1932), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Herbert Pitman (1877), Michael Owen (1979), James Bruce (1730), and William George Horner (1786).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 154. Before him are Branwell Brontë (1817), Lucinda Riley (1965), Arthur Machen (1863), Anne Perry (1938), Ted Hughes (1930), and Malcolm Lowry (1909). After him are Brian Aldiss (1925), Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Thomas Wyatt (1503), and Edward Young (1683).

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