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William Carpenter (February 25, 1830 – September 1, 1896), an English printer and author was a proponent of the Flat Earth theory active in England and the United States in the nineteenth century.〔Thomas William Herringshaw: ''Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century'', Chicago, Ill.: American Publisher's Association, 1905, p. 195.〕 Carpenter immigrated to the United States and continued his advocacy of the Flat Earth movement. ==Life== Carpenter was born on February 25, 1830 in Greenwich, Kent, England and he was baptized on April 30, 1830 at Maize Hill, formerly known as Bethel - Independent in Greenwich. He was the eldest son of Samuel Carpenter and Lucy Moss. He married Annie Gillett January/March 1853 and they eventually had six children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NPCT-S44 ) This entry cites reference: Family History Library (FHL) microfilm 0596908 (RG4 1663), 0596909 (RG4 1369).〕 In Greenwich, Carpenter became a printer and stenographer by profession. In 1879, he moved from England to Baltimore, Maryland, where he continued his work as a printer. The 1880 U.S. 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.〔''Tenth Census of the United States, 1880'', "Part of 5th Precinct of 2nd Ward in the City of Baltimore," S.D. 1, E.D. 67, p. 9, ll. 16-23, enumerated June 3, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.〕 After arriving in Baltimore, Carpenter taught classes in shorthand. He published two books on the subject and became known as "Professor Carpenter." Carpenter had other eclectic beliefs per his Baltimore Sun obituary. "For many years Mr. Carpenter had also been a vegetarian, a believer in the power of mesmerism and a spiritualist. Upon each of these questions he wrote pamphlets. He thought that the eating of meat was responsible for many of the ills that humanity is heir to."〔 Carpenter died on Tuesday September 1, 1896 at 1316 North Central Avenue, his home, in Baltimore. Per his obit in the Baltimore Sun, his death was the result "... to a stroke of apoplexy on Sunday." In the year before his death he had "... a number of slighter strokes ..."〔〔''Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events'', New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897, Third Series, Vol. I, p. 549.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Carpenter (flat Earth theorist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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