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Robert Lomas is a British writer and academic. His books include those in The Hiram Key series, a biography of Nikola Tesla entitled The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century, and The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science. He is a best-selling author on the subject of the history of Freemasonry.

More recently, in April 2005, Lomas released his latest book Turning The Hiram Key: Making Darkness Visible, extending his research further on from that presented in The Hiram Key series that was co-authored with Christopher Knight. Turning The Hiram Key is published by Lewis Masonic, a long established firm, founded in 1886, specialising in the publication of Masonic texts.

Although Lomas' chief area of research is on the subject of Freemasonry and science, as a historian he writes also at a profesional level on the Neolithic period and archaeoastronomy, ancient mysteries, stone monuments and megaliths, and on both astronomical and astrological data.

According to an interview with Martin Faulks of Lewis Masonic, it is thought by some Brethren that Dr Robert Lomas might be the inspiration for the character of Dr Robert Langdon, in Dan Brown's thriller, The Da Vinci Code.[1] The book makes reference to Rosslyn Chapel, which is a place long been famous for its possible connections to Freemasonry and its attendant rituals, as publicised by Knight and Lomas in their international best-selling book The Hiram Key.

Whilst writing The Book Of Hiram and as part of his on-going research into the cultural origin of scientific ideas, Lomas established an electronic database of Masonic material named The Web of Hiram, as part of the University of Bradford's Special Collections Library.[2] Lomas has also made available an online version of William Preston's Illustrations of Masonry at his official website.

In the past, Lomas has worked on electronic weapons systems and emergency services command and control systems. He has now established himself as one of the worlds leading authors on the history of Freemasonry and currently lectures on Information Systems at the University of Bradford's School of Management, one of the UK's leading business schools.

Lomas is said to be a regular speaker on the Masonic lecture circuit and is a regular supporter of the Orkney International Science Festival.

Education

Lomas gained a First Class Honours degree in Electrical Engineering before being awarded a PhD for his research into solid state physics and crystalline structures.

Works

  • Turning The Hiram Key: Making Darkness Visible
  • The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science
  • Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science
  • The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten Genius of Electricity
  • Forecasting for Sales and Materials Management

With Christopher Knight

  • The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus, 1996
  • The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry
  • Uriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of Science
  • The Book Of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus
  • The Holy Grail, part of Mysteries Of The Ancient World: The Mysteries of the Ancient World Explored and Explained

Controversy

According to MasonicInfo.com The Hiram Key is sometimes classified as a fictional work in some Masonic libraries. Masonic critics of the works of Knight and Lomas often claim that the authors' scholarship is sloppy, asserting that speculation in early chapters can become established fact in later chapters without the benefit of solid evidence. Although they also fail to note that Lomas wrote the official history of Freemasonry which is used in the Masonic Training Programme of the Grand Lodge of Queensland. The Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon is particularly critical of Lomas's work as is the the highly opinionated Quatuor Coronati Lodge of England. it seems nobody is neutral about his views on Freemasonry either loving or hating them. The Alexa web ranking system shows the Web of Hiram site WebofHiram which he runs from Bradford University, is the most popular Masonic site on the Internet. But his work in preserving and recording discarded Masonic rituals has not pleased many Masonic authorities.

See also

References

  1. ^ Interview with Martin Faulks of Lewis Masonic
  2. ^ The Web of Hiram
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