It is, therefore, a reasonable proof that Earth is not a globe.' A level expanse of this extent is quite incompatible with the idea of the Earth's convexity.

'There are rivers that flow for hundreds of miles towards the level of the sea without falling more than a few feet - notably, the Nile, which, in a thousand miles, falls but a foot.

He later emigrated to Baltimore, where he published A hundred proofs the Earth is not a Globe in 1885. Main articles: Flat Earth and International Flat Earth Research SocietyĬarpenter was a passionate advocate of the flat Earth theory, which holds that the Earth is not a globe.Ĭarpenter, a printer originally from Greenwich, England, published Theoretical Astronomy Examined and Exposed – Proving the Earth not a Globe in eight parts from 1864 under the name Common Sense. In the year before his death he had 'a number of slighter strokes' Advocate of the flat Earth theory Per his obit in the Baltimore Sun, his death was the result 'to a stroke of apoplexy on Sunday'. He thought that the eating of meat was responsible for many of the ills that humanity is heir to.' Ĭarpenter died on Tuesday, 1 September 1896 at 1316 North Central Avenue, his home, in Baltimore. Upon each of these questions he wrote pamphlets. Carpenter had also been a vegetarian, a believer in the power of mesmerism and a spiritualist. Carpenter had other eclectic beliefs per his Baltimore Sun obituary. He published two books on the subject and became known as 'Professor Carpenter'. Īfter arriving in Baltimore, Carpenter taught classes in shorthand. The 1880 US federal census shows him and his wife Annie with six children aged 11–25 years, whose occupations included milliner, architect, professor of music, and florist. In 1879, he moved from England to Baltimore, Maryland, where he continued his work as a printer. In Greenwich, Carpenter became a printer and stenographer by profession. He married Annie Gillett in January–March 1853, and they eventually had six children.

He was the eldest son of Samuel Carpenter and Lucy Moss. Carpenter immigrated to the United States and continued his advocacy of the Flat Earth movement.Ĭarpenter was born on 25 February 1830 in Greenwich, Kent, England, and baptised on 30 April 1830 at Maize Hill, formerly known as Bethel – Independent in Greenwich. William Carpenter (25 February 1830 – 1 September 1896) was an English printer and author, and a proponent of the flat Earth theory, active in England and the United States in the nineteenth century.

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