New membership was opened in 2009, and it claims musician Thomas Dolby as its first member. The modern Flat Earth Society is not a direct descendant of any previous organisation but rather claims to take inspiration from many, including containing a sizable library of flat Earth reference materials.
This went on to inspire a number of other flat earthers on into the 1900s, such as William Carpenter, WIlbur Glenn Voliva and Samuel Shenton, founder of the original International Flat Earth Research Society. for a flat Earth.Īfter his death, the Universal Zetetic Society was founded in his honour. Rowbotham became convinced of the flatness of the Earth after performing the Bedford Level experiment, and gained prominence under the pseudonym Parallax for publishing a pamphlet and later novel that went over a model, titled Zetetic Astronomy. The Society has its stated roots in the work of Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884), an English inventor and proponent of Zeteticism. The modern incarnation of the Flat Earth Society is a website and forum founded in 2004 by Daniel Shenton and currently operated by John Davis.
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