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William Comyns Beaumont (1873-1956) was a British eccentric with several unusual beliefs, many of which were later mirrored by Velikovsky's works.

Among Beaumont's propositions were:

  • catastrophic climate changes were the results of the action of asteroids on the earth
  • The Egyptian dynasties up the othe 13th century BC. ruled in South Wales
  • Jerusalem was originally located in Edinburgh

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

References