Edwin A. Abbott was a British schoolmaster and theologian, best known as the author of the novella Flatland . Abbott was born in Marylebone, United Kingdom on December 20, 1838. Edwin A. Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott, headmaster of the Philological School of Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott. His parents were first cousins. Abott went to school at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he had outstanding achievements in classics, mathematics and theology, and became a fellow at his college. Abott has made alot of contributions to the study of theology such as The Kernel and the Husk, Philomythus , his book The Anglican Career of Cardinal Newman , and his news article "The Gospels" in the ninth