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|description=A geologist and lecturer who wrote on psychometry. His publications include ''The Soul of Things''. ''The Theosophist'' reproduced his verse “The Devil is Dead” in January 1880, identifying him as Professor Denton.
|description=William Denton was a geologist and lecturer who wrote on psychometry. His publications include The Soul of Things. The Theosophist reproduced his verse “The Devil is Dead” in January 1880, identifying him as Professor Denton.
 
The bibliography jointly credits William Denton and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton with The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries, third revised edition (Boston: Walker, Wise & Co., 1866, viii + 370 pages). {{ctd-source|BCW|2|526}}.
 
William and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton are jointly listed for ''The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries''; its third revised edition was published in Boston by Walker, Wise & Co. in 1866. {{ctd-source|BCW|3|502}}.
 
William and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton's ''The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries'' appeared in a third revised edition in Boston in 1866; the first edition was entitled ''Nature's Secrets, or Psychometry'' (1863). {{ctd-source|BCW|4|643}}.
 
Co-author with Elizabeth M. Foote Denton of ''The Soul of Things, or Psychometric Researches and Discoveries''; de Zirkoff lists the revised third edition, Boston, 1866. {{ctd-source|BCW|6|432}}.
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== Contributions to The Theosophist, volume 1 ==
* The Devil is Dead. January 1880, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 106. ID: 001-0106-03.
== Sources ==
* [https://ru.teopedia.org/lib/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC Biographical source].
* [https://en.teopedia.org/lib/Theosophist/Vol1 The Theosophist, vol. 1 (1879–1880)]: the cited articles and the volume’s Names of Contributors.
* The Theosophist 1879 - 1885 Reference.xlsx, volume 1 entries; used as a finding aid, with attributions checked against the journal.

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William Denton
1823-1883
William Denton
(English: William Denton)

(8 January 1823 − 26 August 1883)

A geologist and lecturer who wrote on psychometry. His publications include The Soul of Things. The Theosophist reproduced his verse “The Devil is Dead” in January 1880, identifying him as Professor Denton.

The bibliography jointly credits William Denton and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton with The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries, third revised edition (Boston: Walker, Wise & Co., 1866, viii + 370 pages). (BCW 2:526).

William and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton are jointly listed for The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries; its third revised edition was published in Boston by Walker, Wise & Co. in 1866. (BCW 3:502).

William and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton's The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries appeared in a third revised edition in Boston in 1866; the first edition was entitled Nature's Secrets, or Psychometry (1863). (BCW 4:643).

Co-author with Elizabeth M. Foote Denton of The Soul of Things, or Psychometric Researches and Discoveries; de Zirkoff lists the revised third edition, Boston, 1866. (BCW).


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