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John Denham Parsons
John Denham Parsons
Born	1861; South Stoneham, Hampshire, England
Died	September 14, 1936
Nationality	United Kingdom
Occupation	Writer

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John Denham Parsons (1861 - September 14, 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.

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 1908.^[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

[1] "New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors". Retrieved October 26, 2019.

[Friedman_1957-2] 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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 ==Biography==
-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]].
+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]].
 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>

v t e Shakespeare authorship question
A series on alternative authorship theories for the works of William Shakespeare
Overview	History of the Shakespeare authorship question Shakespeare attribution studies Is Shakespeare Dead? Declaration of Reasonable Doubt
Theories	Baconian Crollalanza Derbyite Florio Lanier Marlovian Nevillean Oxfordian Prince Tudor Shaykh Zubayr
Candidates	List of Shakespeare authorship candidates Francis Bacon Emilia Lanier Christopher Marlowe Henry Neville William Stanley Edward de Vere
Proponents	Joseph Adler Mark Anderson Babette Babich Delia Bacon Ros Barber Charles Wisner Barrell Charles Beauclerk Alden Brooks Charles Champlin Jeffery Donaldson Ignatius L. Donnelly Bert Fields George Greenwood Joseph C. Hart Calvin Hoffman Derek Jacobi Richard Kennedy Abel Lefranc J. Thomas Looney Sandra Day O'Connor Charlton Ogburn Charlton Greenwood Ogburn John Orloff Orville Ward Owen John Denham Parsons Prince Philip Michael Rubbo William Rubinstein Mark Rylance Henry Seymour Joseph Sobran John Paul Stevens Roger Stritmatter Mark Twain Bernard Mordaunt Ward Alexander Waugh Walt Whitman James Wilde Robin Williams (writer)

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