John Denham Parsons

John Denham Parsons (1861–1936) was an English writer remembered for The Non-Christian Cross, a late 19th-century work that examined the history of the cross as a symbol and challenged familiar Christian assumptions. He is also described in reliable reference sources as a Shakespeare authorship theorist.

Reference sources additionally note that he was connected with the Society for Psychical Research, which fits the wider pattern of his interests: religion, unusual historical claims, and disputed ideas. That mix gives his work a distinctly curious, argumentative feel that still attracts readers interested in forgotten corners of intellectual history.

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