- Samuel Rowbotham (1816-1884)
- Founder of “zetetic astronomy” (basically flat earth)
- Author of “Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe“
- Conducted the Bedford Level experiment
- Created the Zetetic Society (predecessor to Flat Earth society)
- Was a Christian who saw flat earth model to agree with the Bible
- Elizabeth Blount (1850-1935)
- A follower of Rowbotham
- Led the Universal Zetetic Society (after Rowbotham’s death) whose objective was “the propagation of knowledge related to Natural Cosmogony in confirmation of the Holy Scriptures, based on practical scientific investigation”
- Samuel Shenton (1903-1971)
- A follower of Rowbotham
- Led the International Flat Earth Research Society (a new name for the Zetetic society)
- A Christian who used Genesis for his theories
- Wanted less emphasis on religion in the new flat earth society
- Mohammed Yusuf (1970-2009)
- Founder of Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram which is against secular education and denies many scientific facts
- Eric Dubay (1981-now)
- Author of a small publication with “200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball”
- Also denies Holocaust, denies evolution and ascribes to many conspiracy theories.
Links:
- Wikipedia: Flat Earth proponents
- Flat Earth Society (official website): Flat Earth Historical Figures