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Person
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Abbott, Edwin
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Description area
Dates of existence
c.1868 - 1952
History
Edwin Abbott was the son of teacher and theologian, Edwin Abbott Abbott, formerly a fellow of St. John's College. Edwin Abbott was born at Abbey Road, in London, and attended St. Paul's school. He matriculated at Gonville and Caius in 1886, winning the Chancellor's Medal for Classics in 1890. That same year, he became a Fellow at Jesus, becoming a Tutor from 1913 until his retirement in 1932. He died at Barnet, in Hertfordshire, in 1952.