John Denham Parsons
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John Denham Parsons | |
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Born | 1861 South Stoneham, Hampshire, England |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Writer |
John Denham Parsons was an 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.
Parson's book The Non-Christian Cross (1896) argued that the Christian cross symbol is not Christian in origin.[1]
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
- 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
- ^ Notes and Queries. Volume 9 (June, 1896). p. 280