# Samuel Rowbotham

> Samuel Birley Rowbotham was an English inventor, writer, utopian socialist, quack doctor and flat Earther who wrote Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe under the pseudonym Parallax. His work was originally published as a 16-page pamphlet (1849), and later expanded into a book (1865).

*British writer (1816–1884)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1816
- **Died:** 1884-12-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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