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| '''William Comyns Beaumont''' (1873-1956) was a British eccentric with several unusual beliefs, many of which were later mirrored by ]'s works. | '''William Comyns Beaumont''', also known as '''Comyns Beaumont''' (1873-1956) was a British eccentric with several unusual beliefs, many of which were later mirrored by ]'s works. Beaumont was a staff writer for the ''Daily Mail''. | ||
| Among Beaumont's propositions were: | Among Beaumont's propositions were: | ||
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| *The Egyptian dynasties up to the 13th century B.C. ruled in South Wales | *The Egyptian dynasties up to the 13th century B.C. ruled in South Wales | ||
| *Jerusalem was originally located in Edinburgh | *Jerusalem was originally located in Edinburgh | ||
| *The works of Shakespeare were written by Francis Bacon | |||
| *Francis Bacon was the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I | |||
| *There is a Zionist plot to undermine the British Empire | |||
| *Part of this plot was disinformation diseminated by means of the Bible, which concealed the fact that te Holy Lands were in Britain, not in Palestine. | |||
| *The British Isles were Atlantis. | |||
| *Jesus was born in Glastonbury, and his life played out in Somerset. | |||
| ==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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| *''The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain'', Rider & Co., London, 1946 | *''The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain'', Rider & Co., London, 1946 | ||
| *''Britain the Key to World History'', Rider & Co., London, 1947 | *''Britain the Key to World History'', Rider & Co., London, 1947 | ||
| *''A Rebel in Fleet Street'', Hutchinson & Co., London, 1948 | *''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| *''After Atlantis: the Greatest Story Never Told'' (unpublished) | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| *http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword04v.htm | *http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword04v.htm | ||
| *http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword04w.htm | *http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword04w.htm | ||
| *http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc101797.html | |||
Revision as of 21:54, 27 July 2006
William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont (1873-1956) was a British eccentric with several unusual beliefs, many of which were later mirrored by Immanuel Velikovsky's works. Beaumont was a staff writer for the Daily Mail.
Among Beaumont's propositions were:
- catastrophic climate changes were the results of the action of asteroids on the earth
- The Egyptian dynasties up to the 13th century B.C. ruled in South Wales
- Jerusalem was originally located in Edinburgh
- The works of Shakespeare were written by Francis Bacon
- Francis Bacon was the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I
- There is a Zionist plot to undermine the British Empire
- Part of this plot was disinformation diseminated by means of the Bible, which concealed the fact that te Holy Lands were in Britain, not in Palestine.
- The British Isles were Atlantis.
- Jesus was born in Glastonbury, and his life played out in Somerset.
Works
- 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
- 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)