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'''John Denham Parsons''' was an [[England|English]] writer. He was a member of the [[Society for Psychical Research]]. He attempted pamphlet controversy with Sir [[Sidney Lee]] and authorities at the [[British Museum]] over the [[Shakespeare authorship question]].
'''John Denham Parsons''' (1861 – 14 September 1936)<ref>[http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/pa3.htm "New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors"]. Retrieved October 26, 2019.</ref> was an [[England|English]] writer and Shakespeare authorship theorist.


== Works ==
==Biography==

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* [http://www.archive.org/details/oursungodorchri00parsgoog ''Our Sun-God: Or Christianity before Christ'' (1895)]
Parsons was a proponent of the [[Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship]].<ref name="Friedman 1957">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}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="Friedman 1957"/> He attempted pamphlet controversy with Sir [[Sidney Lee]] and authorities at the [[British Museum]] over the [[Shakespeare authorship question]].{{cn|date=February 2022}}
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Non-christian-Cross-J-D-Parsons/dp/142191266X#reader_142191266X ''The Non-Christian Cross: An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion''], 1896

Parsons' book ''The Non-Christian Cross'' (1896) argued that the [[Christian cross]] symbol is not Christian in origin.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/s8notesqueries09londuoft/page/280 ''Notes and Queries'']. Volume 9 (June, 1896). p. 280</ref>

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.<ref>Lindsay, James. (1908). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2375870 ''Reviewed Work: The Nature and Purpose of the Universe by John Denham Parsons'']. ''[[Ethics (journal)|International Journal of Ethics]]'' 18 (2): 260-262.</ref>

== Selected publications ==

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* [https://archive.org/details/oursungodorchri00parsgoog ''Our Sun-God: Or Christianity Before Christ''], 1895
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* [https://archive.org/details/nonchristiancros00pars/page/n6''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 Nature and Purpose of the Universe'', 1906
* ''The great taboo in English literary circles'', 1919
* ''The Great Taboo in English Literary Circles'', 1919
* ''Ben Johnson and Sir Sidney Lee'', 1920
* ''Ben Johnson and Sir Sidney Lee'', 1920
* [http://www.archive.org/details/boycottedshakes00parsgoog ''Boycotted Shakespeare facts: Being a Preliminary Report Upon the Admissible'' (1920)]
* [https://archive.org/details/boycottedshakesp00parsrich/page/n6 ''Boycotted Shakespeare Facts: Being a Preliminary Report Upon the Admissible''], 1920
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008572504 ''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
* ''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
* ''The British Museum and Shakespeare's identity'', 1924
* ''Did "Shake-speare" signal?''
* ''Did "Shake-speare" signal?''

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=2965| name=John Denham Parsons}}
* {{Gutenberg|no=9071|name=The Non-Christian Cross:An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion}}
* {{Gutenberg|no=9071|name=The Non-Christian Cross:An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=John Denham Parsons |sopt=t}}

{{Shakespeare authorship question}}

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Latest revision as of 22:49, 22 September 2023

John Denham Parsons
Born1861
South Stoneham, Hampshire, England
Died14 September 1936(1936-09-14) (aged 74–75)
NationalityBritish
OccupationWriter

John Denham Parsons (1861 – 14 September 1936)[1] was an English writer and Shakespeare authorship theorist.

Biography

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors". Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Notes and Queries. Volume 9 (June, 1896). p. 280
  4. ^ Lindsay, James. (1908). Reviewed Work: The Nature and Purpose of the Universe by John Denham Parsons. International Journal of Ethics 18 (2): 260-262.
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