Alfred Lawson
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| Alfred Lawson | |
|---|---|
 Alfred W. Lawson, c. 1920s | |
| Born | 24 March 1869 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 29 November 1954 (85) San Antonio, Texas |
| Affiliations | Direct Credits Society |
| Known for | Lawsonomy |
Alfred William Lawson (March 24, 1869 - November 29, 1954) was an English-born American aviation pioneer, responsible for the founding of the first U.S. airliner during the 1920s, and later proponent of a school of philosophy he called Lawsonomy (The Base of Absolute Knowledge), which, among other things, taught his own peculiar alternatives to conventional physics (such as Lawson's Law of Penetrability and Zig-Zag-and-Swirl Movement), economics (Direct Credits Society), etc.
Selected Bibliography
- Lawson, Alfred (1904), Born Again: A Novel, Detroit, Mich.: Humanity Pub. Co., https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003101636
- Lawson, Alfred (1922), Lawsonomy, Washington, D.C.
- Lawson, Alfred (1923), Manlife, Detroit, Mich.: Humanity Benefactor Foundation
- Lawson, Alfred (1924), Creation, Detroit, Mich.: Humanity Benefactor Foundation
- Lawson, Alfred, Mentality, Lawsonomy, 2
- Lawson, Alfred, The Almighty, Lawsonomy, 3
- Lawson, Alfred, Penetrability
- Lawson, Alfred, Lawsonian Religion
- Lawson, Alfred, Direct Credits for Everybody
Press Coverage
1920s
- "MR. EINSTEIN IS ALL WRONG - Milwaukee Inventor Says German Doctor Has 'Signals Mixed': 'Lawsonomy' Out-Einsteins Einstein's Theory — The Moon is Being Squeezed to Death on Account of Loss of 'Lawsonpoise.'", Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA): 2, 25 Sep. 1922, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025007/1922-09-25/ed-1/seq-2
1930s
- "'Direct Credits for Everybody' Society Opens Campaign Here: 10,000 Copies of Sheet Distributed; Explain Principles.", The Capital Times (Madison, WI): 4, 25 Sep. 1937, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120437137/direct-credits-for-everybody-society/
1940s
- "Lawson, 74, Sets Down His Views: Health, Diets, Money and Science Discussed.", Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA): 1, 7, 20 Aug. 1943, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120437204/lawson-74-sets-down-his-views/
- "Double-Talk University: An Ex-Aircraft Builder Buys a College and Introduces New Language to Explain All About Oatmeal and 'Lawsonomy'", American Weekly: 11, 16 Sep. 1945, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88063294/1945-09-16/ed-1/seq-61/
Of interest
In his youth, Lawson played baseball professionally for three games in the 1890 season as a pitcher, once for the Boston Beaneaters, twice for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys; his teams lost all three games.[1]