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Samuel Rowbotham

British writer (1816-1884) · Writers · Died at 68

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).

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1816 to 1884 · aged 68