Leo Ferrari

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 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]
Education	University of Sydney (B.Sc) 1948 Laval University (Ph.D) 1957
Occupation	Philosophy professor
Years active	1961–1995
Employer	St. Thomas University
Title	Professor emeritus[2][3]
Spouse	Lorna E. Drew[1]

Flat Earth Society activities

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]

Bibliography

• The conversions of Saint Augustine. Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University Press. 1984. ISBN 9780877230397. OCLC 17228498.
• Different Minds/ Living with Alzheimer Disease. (with Lorna Drew). Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University Press. 2005. ISBN 9780864924438. OCLC 17228498.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Published Essays

• Ferrari, Leo (1975). "Feminism and Education in a Flat Earth Perspective". McGill Journal of Education. X (1): 77–81. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

Human Rights Pamphlets

• The rise of human rights; a Canadian outline. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Human Rights Commission, Dept. of Labour, 1970. OCLC 107688
• Human rights and the Canadian Indian. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Human Rights Commission, Dept. of Labour, 1973. OCLC 3570417
• Human rights in a changing world : the problem of preserving human values in the upheavals caused by science and technology. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Human Rights Commission, Dept. of Labour, 1977. OCLC 3968828

Poetry

• The worm's revenge. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Mortuary Press, 1968. OCLC 18945843
• Over the Edge: Poems in Grateful Celebration of Fifty Years of Life, Love and of Laughter. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Owl and the Pussycat, 1977. OCLC 5488675

References

1. "Biographical sketch". Leo C. Ferrari Fonds. UNB Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
2. "Leo Charles Ferrari". New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia. St. Thomas University. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
3. "Leo Ferrari: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam". Retrieved 16 March 2013.
4. 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 ^{[bare URL PDF]}
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. 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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Leo C. Ferrari fonds