Ray Vaughn Denslow (1885–1960) was an author, poet, and historian of
Freemasonry
Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...
. Ray was noted for many different pieces of writing including that of ''I Am Freemasonry''. His other books include ''A Handbook for
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch Masonry (also known as "Capitular Masonry") is the first part of the American York Rite system of Masonic degrees. Royal Arch Masons meet as a ''Chapter'', and the Royal Arch Chapter confers four degrees: ''Mark Master Mason, Past Mas ...
'', ''Masonic Rites and Degrees'', ''The Masonic World'', and ''Freemasonry in the Western Hemisphere''. Ray was a former
Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Missouri.
See also
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Masonic appendant bodies
References
1885 births
1960 deaths
20th-century American writers
American Freemasons
Masonic grand masters
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