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remedy their
defects by frank and searching criticism, they often became his
friends for life. Like another Socrates, he taught them to know
themselves, repressing vanity, encouraging the despondent, and
attracting everyone with his unobtrusive sympathy. This work
gradually made a strong impression, and those who cared for Oxford
began to speak of him as “the great tutor.”
    As early as 1839, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, an
English churchman and dean of Westminster, had joined with
Archibald Campbell Tait, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, in
advocating certain university reforms. From 1846 onward, Jowett
threw himself into this movement. By 1848, it had become accepted
among the younger and more thoughtful fellows, and until it took
effect with the commission of 1850, and the act of 1854.
    While scholars criticized particular
editions (and there were indeed many small errors to be later
removed in subsequent editions), it was generally agreed that he
had succeeded in making Plato’s work a classic.
    Despite all of these accomplishments, Jowett
is primarily known for his theories on the history of Atlantis and
Shakespearean authorship. He wrote several books, including one on
his own theory on earth’s collision with a comet and another on
Francis Bacon’s supposed writing of Shakespeare’s plays.
    Ignatius Donnelly
(1831-1901)
    Ignatius Donnelly, born in Philadelphia, was
an American politician, reformer, and author. He studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1852. In 1855, he married Katherine
McCaffrey, with whom he had three children. The family moved to
Minnesota in 1857. Together with several partners, Donnelly founded
a utopian community called Nininger City. However, the crash of
1857 doomed the attempts at a cooperative farm and community, and
left Donnelly deeply in debt.
    Donnelly was lieutenant governor of
Minnesota from 1860-1863 and served in the U.S. House of
Representatives from 1863 to 1869, as a Republican representing
Minnesota. He later quit the party; he was also a state Senator
from 1874-1878. As a Congressman, Donnelly advocated extending the
powers of the Freedmen’s Bureau to provide education to the
freedmen, so they could protect themselves once the bureau was
withdrawn. He was also an early supporter of women’s suffrage.
    Donnelly wrote part of the Populist Party
platform in 1892. This platform called for a federal income tax,
government ownership of railroads, an eight-hour work day, and
unlimited coinage of silver.
    After leaving the state senate in
1878, he returned to the practice of law and writing. In 1882, he
published Atlantis: The Antediluvian
World , his best known work. It detailed his theories
concerning the mythical lost continent of Atlantis. He ran for
public office several times during the 1880s, including a losing
run for Congress, this time as a Democrat, in 1884. In 1887, he
successfully ran for the Minnesota State Legislature as an
Independent. During this period, he was also an organizer of the
Minnesota Farmers’ Alliance.
    R. Cedric Leonard
    Belonging to the Oklahoma
Anthropological Society enabled Leonard to participate in field
archaeology for a number of years. His Sanskrit studies, under
Prof. J. N. Mohante of the University of Oklahoma, also allowed him
to indulge his interest in ancient Hindu epic literature
involving yantras and vimanas (i.e., ancient Indian flying
machines described in the Puranas ). Seeing Leonard’s interest in the
subject, Prof. Mohante brought certain fundamental Sanskrit texts
to his attention, sometimes helping with translating particularly
difficult texts into English—some of which can be found in the
Ancient Aeronautics section of the website.
    Bio: www.atlantisquest.com/bio.html
    William Smith, West Chester, OH, United
States
    William M. Smith, born in Indiana in
1942, Graduated from Purdue University in 1966 in Mechanical
engineering. He worked in manufacturing for the automotive industry
for 39 years, but has spent the last 35