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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 253,496 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Edwin Abbott Abbott is the 2,165th most popular writer (down from 1,963rd in 2019), the 1,683rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,518th in 2019) and the 185th most popular British Writer.

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  • 250k

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  • 54.52

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 2,165 out of 5,755Before him are Lucilius Junior, Oscar Milosz, Cigerxwîn, Phocylides, Magnús Scheving, and Theodore Sturgeon. After him are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, René Crevel, José-Maria de Heredia, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Justus of Tiberias, and Jean-Jacques Barthélemy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 46Before him are John Muir, Annie Edson Taylor, Jean-Paul Laurens, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Nicolae Grigorescu, and Henry Sidgwick. After him are Konstanty Kalinowski, Joel Asaph Allen, Siegfried Bing, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Jules Dalou, and Szymon Winawer. Among people deceased in 1926, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 49Before him are Eino Leino, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Leonid Krasin, and Nikolay Chkheidze. After him are Albert Robida, Katō Takaaki, Ivana Kobilca, Carlos Schwabe, Victor Babeș, and Enrico Toselli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 1,683 out of 7,765Before him are June Almeida (1930), John Bevis (1695), John Rolfe (1585), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Henry Pelham (1694), and Elias Ashmole (1617). After him are Havelock Ellis (1859), Clive Burr (1957), Archibald Leitch (1865), Alan Walker (1997), Mark Sykes (1879), and John Collier (1850).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edwin Abbott Abbott ranks 185Before him are John Mandeville (1300), Vera Brittain (1893), Thomas Gray (1716), Christina Rossetti (1830), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), and Edward Young (1683). After him are Irvine Welsh (1957), Matthew Arnold (1822), Kenneth Grahame (1859), Richard Aldington (1892), Tobias Smollett (1721), and Robert Southey (1774).