Ray Denslow

{{Short description|American author (1885–1960)}}

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Ray Vaughn Denslow (1885–1960){{cite web |url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Denslow,+Ray+Vaughn,+1885-1960 |title=Denslow, Ray Vaughn, 1885–1960 | The Online Books Page |website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu |access-date=December 15, 2021}} was an author, poet, and historian of Freemasonry. Ray was noted for many different pieces of writing including that of I Am Freemasonry.{{cite web |url=http://mastermason.com/brothergene/poem/i_am_freemasonry.htm |title=I Am Freemasonry by Ray V. Denslow |website=MasterMason.com |access-date=December 15, 2021}} His other books include A Handbook for Royal Arch Masons,{{cite web |url=https://www.macoy.com/Masonic-Bible-Masonic-Books/Freemason-Books-on-appendant-bodies/A-Handbook-for-Royal-Arch-Masons-by-Ray-Denslow-2429.aspx |title=A Handbook for Royal Arch Masons by Ray Denslow |website=Macoy.com |access-date=December 15, 2021}} Masonic Rites and Degrees,{{cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/masonic-rites-degrees/author/denslow-ray/ |title=Masonic Rites Degrees by Denslow Ray |website=AbeBooks |access-date=December 15, 2021}} The Masonic World,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3lTAAAAYAAJ |title="The Masonic World" of Ray V. Denslow: Selections from His Reviews Published in the Proceedings of Grand Lodge of Missouri, A.F. & A.M., 1933–1960 |first=Ray Vaughn |last=Denslow |date=1964 |publisher=Missouri Lodge of Research |via=Google Books}} and Freemasonry in the Western Hemisphere.{{cite web |url=https://www.oldbookshopofbordentown.com/pages/books/E12393B/ray-v-denslow/freemasonry-in-the-western-hemisphere |title=Freemasonry in the Western Hemisphere by Ray V. Denslow on Old Bookshop of Bordentown |website=Old Bookshop of Bordentown |access-date=December 15, 2021}} Ray was a former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.{{cite web |url=https://lightdeferred.com/2017/09/27/masonic-quote-of-the-week-september-27-2017/ |title=Masonic Quote of the Week – September 27, 2017 |date=September 27, 2017 |access-date=December 15, 2021}}