William Comyns Beaumont


William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont, was a British journalist, author, and lecturer. Beaumont was a staff writer for the Daily Mail and eventually became editor of the Bystander in 1903 and then The Graphic in 1932.
Beaumont's astronomical speculations were later mirrored by Immanuel Velikovsky's works.

Theories

In Facts and Fallacies published by Reader's Digest, Beaumont's views are summarized:
Beaumont was also a proponent of the Shakespeare authorship question, arguing Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon.
He accepted the existence of giants based on British folklore, and argued other mythological creatures were actually real.

Works

New Editions of The Riddle of the Earth; The Mysterious Comet; The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain, Britain: The Key to World History and now also "The Great Deception" have been published with the permission of The Estate of Comyns Beaumont.
Previous printings: