Tertius Chandler

Tertius Chandler (1915 - 2000) from Berkeley, California was a historian and author.

Author

Chandler was an author and historian who lectured on history, economics, and religion, especially about Moses. Chandler's most successful book in terms of recognition by scholars is Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth (1987).^[1][2] The book includes estimates of the population of cities since ancient times, the book has been widely quoted.^[3][4]

Claims

Outside of his mainstream work on populations of ancient cities, Chandler held many alternative ideas on history which he discussed in his book Godly Kings and Early Ethics where he presented his ideas on Moses and his belief that Zeus and other figures in Greek mythology were actual people. He developed these claims in some of his other books as well, some of his claims included:

• That Zeus was a king in Moses' time.
• That Tubal of ancient Spain may have built Stonehenge.
• That Moses was Ikhnaton's vizier Ramose.
• That Chinese writing was derived from that of Moses.
• That Hindu reincarnation concepts came from Egypt.
• That Noah was the same person as the ancient Greek Aeneas.

Published works

• Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth First edition (1974) revised edition (1987) ISBN 0889462070
• Chandler's Half Encyclopedia
• The Tax We Need
• Remote Kingdoms
• Godly Kings and Early Ethics (1981) ISBN 0960387242
• Moses and the Golden Age (1986) ISBN 0805930248
• Progress: Social Progress from Mercury to Kennedy

See also

• John Philip Cohane
• Hugh Fox

References