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Abbott was born in [[Dublin]] and was educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College]]. He took his degree in 1851 and was made a fellow of the college in 1854. He obtained an M.A. and a D.Litt. from Trinity, and was ordained a minister in the [[Church of Ireland]].
In 1852 he solved a geometrical problem posed by [[J. J. Sylvester]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kOYv0RX3Ym4C&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=Sylvester%E2%80%99+%22t+k++abbott%22&source=bl&ots=qECQuMPyQ8&sig=GEtpvuRf2oBkwUXzsRPX8vNt8_0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKyJX9o8fPAhVGSSYKHda1CxIQ6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&q=Sylvester%E2%80%99%20%22t%20k%20%20abbott%22&f=false On a geometrical Problem noticed by Mr. Sylvester.] ''The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science'', Vol. V.–Fourth Series,
He occupied the [[chair (academic)|chair]] of moral philosophy (1867–72), of biblical Greek (1875–88), and of Hebrew (1879–1900). In 1887 he was elected librarian in Trinity and, in 1900, completed catalogues of the library's manuscript holdings.<ref>[http://www.tcd.ie/Library/manuscripts/catalogues.php Catalogues
In June 1901, he received an honorary [[Doctor of Divinity|doctorate in Divinity]] from the [[University of Glasgow]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Glasgow University jubilee |day_of_week=Friday |date=14 June 1901 |page_number=10 |issue=36481| }}</ref>
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== Select bibliography ==
* [https://archive.org/stream/hermathena20irelgoog#page/n260/mode/2up ''On a Greek Biblical Fragment''] [[Hermathena]] vol. XVII 1891,
* [https://archive.org/details/collationoffouri00ferr ''A collation of four important manuscripts of the Gospels : with a view to prove their common origin, and to restore the text of their archetype''] (Dublin: 1877)
* Kant's ''Introduction to Logic'' (fifth edition, 1878)
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* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029021612 ''Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics''] (London 1889)
* [https://archive.org/details/essayschieflyono00abbo ''Essays chiefly on the original texts of the Old and New Testaments''] (1891)
* ed., ''The Book of Trinity College, Dublin,
* ''The Elements of Logic'' (third edition, 1895)
* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029021546 ''Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics''] (London 1895)
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