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{{Short description|British journalist, writer and editor}}
'''William Comyns Beaumont''', also known as '''Comyns Beaumont''', (]–]){{fact|date=April 2007}} was a ] ], ], and ]. Beaumont was a staff ] for the '']''{{fact|date=April 2007}} and eventually became editor of '']'' in ]<ref></ref><ref></ref> and then '']'' in ].<ref>, August 15, 1932</ref> Beaumont was an ] with several unusual beliefs, many of which were later mirrored by ]'s works. (However, according to ]: "Beaumont’s work was taken over entirely by Immanuel Velikovsky in his famous '']'' (1950), which elaborated on the possibility of a celestial impact as responsible for the sudden extinction of a pre-Flood civilization.")<ref>The Atlantis Encyclopedia, Frank Joseph, New Page Books, 2005, p.27, ISBN 1-56414-795-9</ref>
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'''William Comyns Beaumont''', also known as '''Comyns Beaumont''' and '''Appian Way''' (17 October 1873 – 30 December 1955),<ref name = ObserverObit>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Death of Comyns Beaumont|url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/258074130/?terms=comyns%2Bbeaumont|work= The Observer|location=London, England |date=1 January 1956 |access-date= 3 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=ccc>, Benny J Peiser, 17 October 1997</ref> was a British author, journalist, lecturer, and editor. Beaumont was a staff writer for the '']''<ref name=ccc/> and eventually became editor of the '']'' in 1903<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/header/|title=Churchill College|website=www.chu.cam.ac.uk|access-date=17 August 2019|archive-date=17 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817084135/https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/header/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philsp.com/data/data055.html#BYSTANDER|title=Magazine Data File|website=www.philsp.com}}</ref> and then '']'' in 1932.<ref>, '']''. 15 August 1932.</ref>
Among Beaumont's propositions were:


Beaumont's astronomical speculations were later mirrored by ]'s works.
*] ]s were the results of the action of ]s on the earth.
*The ] up to the ] ruled in ].
*] was originally located in ].
⚫ *The works of ] were written by ].
*Francis Bacon was the illegitimate son of ].
*There is a ] plot to undermine the ].
*Part of this plot was disinformation disseminated by means of the ], which concealed the fact that the Holy Lands were in Britain, not in ].
*The British Isles were ].
*Jesus was born in ], and his life played out in ].


==Works== == Family ==
Beaumont was the paternal uncle of the British actress ], the mother of writers ] and ], and the painter ].
*''The Riddle of the Earth'', Chapman & Hall, London, 1925
⚫ *''The Mysterious Comet: Or the Origin, Building up, and Destruction of Worlds, by means of Cometary Contacts'', Rider & Co., London, 1932
⚫ *''The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain'', Rider & Co., London, 1946 (Kessinger Publishing Co., 1997, ISBN 1564599000)
*''Britain, the Key to World History'', Rider & Co., London, 1947
⚫ *''A Rebel in Fleet Street'', Hutchinson & Co., London, 1948 (his autobiography)
*''The Private Life of the Virgin Queen''
*''After Atlantis: the Greatest Story Never Told'' (unpublished; referenced in ''Eccentric Lives, Peculiar Notions'', John Michell, 2002, ISBN 1579122280, pp. 136-143)<ref>, Benny J Peiser, October 17, 1997</ref>


==Recognition== == Theories ==
Beaumont accepted the existence of ] based on British folklore, and argued other mythological creatures were actually real.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZNKVA1JcWwC&q=comyns+beaumont+giants&pg=PA188|title=Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics|first=Karl|last=Shaw|date=17 August 2009|publisher=Boxtree|isbn=9780752227030|via=Google Books}}</ref>
⚫ On ], '']'' newspaper published an article that mentioned Beaumont's book, ''Britain, the Key to World History'' that praised his research and reinterpretation of known history.<ref>, Diane Maclean, April 15, 2005</ref>

In ''Facts and Fallacies'' (1988) published by '']'', Beaumont's views are summarized:

{{Blockquote|In a series of books published between 1946 and 1949, British journalist William Comyns Beaumont astonished the world with the following extraordinary revelations: Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified just outside Edinburgh, Scotland — the site of the ancient city of Jerusalem. Satan was a comet that collided with the earth and caused Noah's Flood. The ancient Egyptians were in fact Irishmen. Hell is to be found in western Scotland. The Greek hero Achilles spent his childhood on the Isle of Skye. Galilee, birthplace of Jesus, was Wales. Ancient Athens was in reality Bath, England&nbsp;... Comyns Beaumont started his radical revision of history with the belief, innocuous enough, that the lost island of Atlantis might be Britain.}}

⚫ He was also a proponent of the ], arguing ]'s plays were written by ].

⚫ ==Works==
*''The Riddle of the Earth'' (written under the name of Appian Way), Chapman & Hall, London (or Brentano's, New York), 1925,
⚫ *''The Mysterious Comet: Or the Origin, Building up, and Destruction of Worlds, by means of Cometary Contacts'', Rider & Co., London, 1932,
⚫ *''The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain'', Rider & Co., London, 1946 (Kessinger Publishing Co., 1997, {{ISBN|1-56459-900-0}})
⚫ *''Britain, the Key to World History'', Rider & Co., London, 1947<ref>Reviewed in , Diane Maclean, ''The Scotsman'', 15 April 2005</ref>
*''The Private Life of the Virgin Queen'', self-published, 1947,
⚫ *''A Rebel in Fleet Street'', Hutchinson & Co., London, 1948 (or 1944) (his autobiography)
*''The Great Deception'' Rediscovered by the Comyns Beaumont Archive in 2015. Previously referenced as ''After Atlantis: the Greatest Story Never Told'' (a title bestowed by Robert Stephanos) in ''Eccentric Lives, Peculiar Notions'', John Michell, 2002, {{ISBN|1-57912-228-0}}, pp.&nbsp;136–143)<ref name=ccc/>


==See also== ==Further reading==
*''Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions'', John Michell, (1984), Thames & Hudson.
* ]: Inspired by Beaumont's works and quoted extensively throughout Tsarion's work.


==References== ==References==
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*http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword04v.htm
*http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword04w.htm
*http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc101797.html


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Latest revision as of 09:05, 6 June 2024

British journalist, writer and editor For other people named similarly, see William Beaumont and William Comyn.

William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont and Appian Way (17 October 1873 – 30 December 1955), was a British author, journalist, lecturer, and editor. Beaumont was a staff writer for the Daily Mail and eventually became editor of the Bystander in 1903 and then The Graphic in 1932.

Beaumont's astronomical speculations were later mirrored by Immanuel Velikovsky's works.

Family

Beaumont was the paternal uncle of the British actress Muriel Beaumont, the mother of writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier, and the painter Jeanne du Maurier.

Theories

Beaumont accepted the existence of giants based on British folklore, and argued other mythological creatures were actually real.

In Facts and Fallacies (1988) published by Reader's Digest, Beaumont's views are summarized:

In a series of books published between 1946 and 1949, British journalist William Comyns Beaumont astonished the world with the following extraordinary revelations: Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified just outside Edinburgh, Scotland — the site of the ancient city of Jerusalem. Satan was a comet that collided with the earth and caused Noah's Flood. The ancient Egyptians were in fact Irishmen. Hell is to be found in western Scotland. The Greek hero Achilles spent his childhood on the Isle of Skye. Galilee, birthplace of Jesus, was Wales. Ancient Athens was in reality Bath, England ... Comyns Beaumont started his radical revision of history with the belief, innocuous enough, that the lost island of Atlantis might be Britain.

He was also a proponent of the Shakespeare authorship question, arguing Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon.

Works

  • The Riddle of the Earth (written under the name of Appian Way), Chapman & Hall, London (or Brentano's, New York), 1925, OCLC 1517479
  • The Mysterious Comet: Or the Origin, Building up, and Destruction of Worlds, by means of Cometary Contacts, Rider & Co., London, 1932, OCLC 8997586
  • The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain, Rider & Co., London, 1946 (Kessinger Publishing Co., 1997, ISBN 1-56459-900-0)
  • Britain, the Key to World History, Rider & Co., London, 1947
  • The Private Life of the Virgin Queen, self-published, 1947, OCLC 601691
  • A Rebel in Fleet Street, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1948 (or 1944) (his autobiography)
  • The Great Deception Rediscovered by the Comyns Beaumont Archive in 2015. Previously referenced as After Atlantis: the Greatest Story Never Told (a title bestowed by Robert Stephanos) in Eccentric Lives, Peculiar Notions, John Michell, 2002, ISBN 1-57912-228-0, pp. 136–143)

Further reading

  • Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions, John Michell, (1984), Thames & Hudson.

References

  1. "Death of Comyns Beaumont". The Observer. London, England. 1 January 1956. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ Cambridge Conference Correspondence: William Comyns Beaumont (1873–1956) Britain's Most Eccentric and Least Known Cosmic Heretic, Benny J Peiser, 17 October 1997
  3. "Churchill College". www.chu.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. "Magazine Data File". www.philsp.com.
  5. "Eight Less One", Time. 15 August 1932.
  6. Shaw, Karl (17 August 2009). Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics. Boxtree. ISBN 9780752227030 – via Google Books.
  7. Reviewed in The Scotsman: The Grail, Jesus's children and Stone Age lasers: Scotland's madder myths – Scotland is the Lost City of Atlantis, Diane Maclean, The Scotsman, 15 April 2005
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