Samuel Shenton (March 1903 – 2 March 1971) was the founder in 1956 of the Flat Earth Society, based in Dover, England.He lectured tirelessly on this to youth clubs, political and student groups, and during the Space Race in the 1960s he was frequently seen on television and in newspapers promoting his views.. Life. Samuel Shenton was a signwriter, who lived with his wife Lillian in a ginger ...