Edwin A. Abbot was born April 16, 1838, in Somerset, England. He was educated at the City of London School, and quickly distinguished himself as a teacher, and later headmaster of his alma mater. One of the foremost Shakespearean scholars of his time, Abbot also produced nearly 200 books dealing with the Transcendental. A fifty-year … Continue reading Edwin Abbot: The Genius of Flatland