Leo Ferrari

Dr.
Leo Charles Ferrari
Born December 8, 1927
Bathurst, New South Wales Australia [1][2]
Died October 7, 2010(2010-10-07) (aged 82)
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada[2][3]
Cause of death Alzheimer's disease[3]
Education
Occupation Philosophy professor
Years active 1961–1995
Employer St. Thomas University
Title
Spouse(s) Lorna E. Drew [1]
Parent(s)
  • Leo Francis Ferrari [1]
  • Millicent Josephine Müller [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 parody organization Flat Earth Society of Canada.[1][2][3]

Flat Earth Society activities

Leo Ferrari was a founding member and head of the satirical 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]

Bibliography

Published Essays
Human Rights Pamphlets
Poetry

Notes

  1. 1 2 The titles "Duke of Sydney" and "Archbishop of Canterbury" were unofficial titles bestowed on Ferrari by James Stewart, a student of Ferrari's friend Alden Nowlan.[4] The letters patent for the titles reside in the UNB Archives [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biographical sketch". Leo C. Ferrari Fonds. UNB Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Leo Charles Ferrari". New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia. St. Thomas University. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Leo Ferrari: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam". Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 Fraser, Raymond (2007). When the Earth was flat. Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Black Moss Press. pp. 15–23. ISBN 9780887534393. OCLC 153913670.
  5. ↑ http://mje.mcgill.ca/article/download/7006/4948
  6. ↑ Colombo, John R (1984). Canadian Literary Landmarks. Dundurn. p. 19. ISBN 978-0888820730.
  7. ↑ Barrie, Scott (Director); Marsh, Robert (Narrator) (2005). In search of the edge : an inquiry into the shape of the earth and the disappearance of Andrea Barns (DVD). Toronto, Ontario: Pancake Productions. ISBN 9781594582295. OCLC 81094526.
  8. 1 2 In search of the edge : an inquiry into the shape of the earth and the disappearance of Andrea Barns (PDF) ((Study Guide)). Barrie, Scott. Toronto, Ontario: Pancake Productions. 2005.
  9. ↑ "Series No. 3 Artifacts (The Flat Earth Society)". Leo C. Ferrari Fonds. UNB Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 2013-03-15.

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