John Denham Parsons
John Denham Parsons was an English writer and Shakespeare authorship theorist.
Biography
Parsons was a proponent of the Baconian theory of [Shakespeare authorship]. 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. 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 argued that the Christian cross symbol is not Christian in origin.
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.
Selected publications
- , 1895
- , 1896The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, 1906The Great Taboo in English Literary Circles, 1919Ben Johnson and Sir Sidney Lee, 1920
- , 1920
- , 1920Bacon: 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, 1922The British Museum and Shakespeare's identity, 1924
- ''Did "Shake-speare" signal?''