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Leo Charles Ferrari | |
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Born | December 8, 1927 |
Died | October 7, 2010 | (aged 82)
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Occupation | Philosophy professor |
Years active | 1961–1995 |
Employer | St. Thomas University |
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Spouse | Lorna E. Drew [1] |
Leo Charles Ferrari (December 8, 1927 – October 7, 2010) was a St. Thomas University philosophy professor, noted Saint Augustine scholar, and founding member of the organization Flat Earth Society of Canada. [1] [2] [3]
Leo Ferrari was a founding member and head of the Flat Earth Society of Canada, later renamed the Flat Earth Society (FES). [4]
In Ferrari's writings in support of the FES and the Flat Earth, he attributed everything from gender to racial inequality on the globularist and the Spherical Earth model. [5] Ferrari even claimed to have nearly fallen off "the Edge" of the Earth at Brimstone Head on Fogo Island. [6]
Ferrari was a key figure in the 1990 flat earth "documentary", In Search of the Edge. [7] In the accompanying study guide, Ferrari is outed as a "globularist," someone who believes the earth is spherical. [8] The intent of the film was to promote critical thinking about media by "[attempting] to prove in convincing fashion, something everyone knew to be false." [8]
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The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (July 2018) |
Leo Charles Ferrari | |
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Born | December 8, 1927 |
Died | October 7, 2010 | (aged 82)
Education |
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Occupation | Philosophy professor |
Years active | 1961–1995 |
Employer | St. Thomas University |
Title | |
Spouse | Lorna E. Drew [1] |
Leo Charles Ferrari (December 8, 1927 – October 7, 2010) was a St. Thomas University philosophy professor, noted Saint Augustine scholar, and founding member of the organization Flat Earth Society of Canada. [1] [2] [3]
Leo Ferrari was a founding member and head of the Flat Earth Society of Canada, later renamed the Flat Earth Society (FES). [4]
In Ferrari's writings in support of the FES and the Flat Earth, he attributed everything from gender to racial inequality on the globularist and the Spherical Earth model. [5] Ferrari even claimed to have nearly fallen off "the Edge" of the Earth at Brimstone Head on Fogo Island. [6]
Ferrari was a key figure in the 1990 flat earth "documentary", In Search of the Edge. [7] In the accompanying study guide, Ferrari is outed as a "globularist," someone who believes the earth is spherical. [8] The intent of the film was to promote critical thinking about media by "[attempting] to prove in convincing fashion, something everyone knew to be false." [8]
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