John Denham Parsons
John Denham Parsons | |
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Born | 1861 South Stoneham, Hampshire, England |
Died | 14 September 1936(1936-09-14) (aged 74–75) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Writer |
John Denham Parsons (1861 – 14 September 1936)[1] was an English writer and Shakespeare authorship theorist.
Biography
Parsons was a proponent of the Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship.[2] Between 1918 and 1935 he published many works on this topic, including articles in Baconiana and letters in the correspondence columns of Notes and Queries and The Times Literary Supplement.[2] He attempted pamphlet controversy with Sir Sidney Lee and authorities at the British Museum over the Shakespeare authorship question.[citation needed]
Parsons' book The Non-Christian Cross (1896) argued that the Christian cross symbol is not Christian in origin.[3]
He was a member of the Society for Psychical Research. Parsons authored a 561 page book The Nature and Purpose of the Universe on philosophy and psychical research, published in 1906.[4]
Selected publications
- Our Sun-God: Or Christianity Before Christ, 1895
- The Non-Christian Cross: An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion, 1896
- The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, 1906
- The Great Taboo in English Literary Circles, 1919
- Ben Johnson and Sir Sidney Lee, 1920
- Boycotted Shakespeare Facts: Being a Preliminary Report Upon the Admissible, 1920
- William Shakespeare, 1920
- Bacon: Being an account of seven years of refusal by the accepted authorities to supply a reasoned judgement concerning certain new evidence affecting.. the identity of the poet Shakespeare, 1922
- The British Museum and Shakespeare's identity, 1924
- Did "Shake-speare" signal?
References
- ^ "New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors". Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- ^ a b Friedman, William F; Friedman, Elizabeth S. (1957). The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined: An Analysis of Cryptographic Systems Used as Evidence that Some Author Other Than William Shakespeare Wrote the Plays Commonly Attributed to Him. Cambridge University Press. pp. 178-180. ISBN 978-0-521-05040-1
- ^ Notes and Queries. Volume 9 (June, 1896). p. 280
- ^ Lindsay, James. (1908). Reviewed Work: The Nature and Purpose of the Universe by John Denham Parsons. International Journal of Ethics 18 (2): 260-262.
External links
- Works by John Denham Parsons at Project Gutenberg
- The Non-Christian Cross:An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Denham Parsons at the Internet Archive
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