| History of the Piltdown Foundation, Ltd. |
| The Piltdown Foundation, Ltd. was founded in 1909 in a small house originally owned by a 17th groundskeeper at Cardiff-on-Pennypack, just west of Wales in the United Kingdom. It's founder, Lew |
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| Thronthwaite, historian and amateur cricketer, found great dissatisfaction in the way history was presented in many parts of the world. "Too many holes, not enough plugs!" he was to say about the state of education in the world. This simple statement became both the motto and the mission of the Piltdown Foundation, Ltd. |
| From the very beginning, Thronthwaite was a source of controversy among the intelligencia. His first foray into the fray, "The Shakespeare Deception", caused waves among the conventional thinkers of the day. In this study, Thronthwaite found evidence that Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him. He claimed that they were, in fact, |
| Foundation Ltd. Headquarters 1909 to 1947 |
| written by Mary, Queen of Scots, who wrote them while held in the Tower of London. He had original drafts, in Mary's handwriting, that he discovered at a Green Tree Library Sale in 1907, at Stoke-on-Trent. In spite of overwhelming evidence, Thronthwaite's claims fell on deaf ears and several restraining orders. It was this kind of research, dedication and veracity that attracted some of Europe's, and, later, America's most unique thinkers to the Foundation, Ltd. Soon, great minds began to swell the ranks, with such luminarites as: |
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| Lew Thronthwaite, founder and guiding light of The Piltdown Foundation, Ltd. |
| Ludwig Gbingder German Empiricist and Author of the Theoretical Philosophy Landmark Dieses ist nicht eine Stimme. |
| Anton Gbingder Russian Historian and 1896 Olympic Team Alternate Noted for defining the words "Revisionist" and "is" |
| Hercule Hollins Gbingder Belgian Archeologist and Volunteer Fireman Studied cave paintings in the Brussels Underground |
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| Marian Gbingder Scottish Feminist and Bouncer at the Monkey Puzzle Pub, Pearly Wrote The Female and the Loo: What Went Wrong |
| Along with Thronthwaite, the five represented a new light in the history field. Together, they tackled everything from the Battle of Hastings to current trends in Egyptology, all the while trying to "Plug the Holes in History". But History was to have its effect on the Foundation, Ltd. |
| World War One and its Aftermath The Foundation, Ltd. at a Crossroad |