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Biography of L. Ron HubbardName: L. Ron HubbardBirth Date: March 13, 1911 Death Date: December 24, 1986 Place of Birth: Tilden, Nebraska, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: spiritual leader, writer L. Ron Hubbard The story of L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) is also the story of a movement--the Church of Scientology. Founded by L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology claims millions of devoted members worldwide and, beyond all controversy, it cannot be denied that the movement retains its influence around the world even after Hubbard's death.Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born on March 13, 1911, in Tilden, Nebraska. He was the son of Harry Ross, a naval officer, and Dora May (Waterbury de Wolf) Hubbard. He attended George Washington University in the early 1930s and studied at Princeton University in 1945. The years in between undergraduate studies were spent as a free-lance writer. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant though he was not "extensively decorated" as church brochures would later claim. After two unsuccessful marriages, Hubbard married Mary Sue Whipp on October 30, 1952. The couple had four children: Diana Meredith de Wolfe, …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…body was no longer needed: "Thus at 2000 hours, the 24th of January, AD36 [signifying the 36th year after the publication of Dianetics], L. Ron Hubbard discarded the body he had used in this lifetime for 74 years, 10 months and 11 days."On May 12, 2000, Battlefield Earth, a film version of Hubbard's novel of the same title, was released. It starred John Travolta, an actor who was also a scientologist. Further Reading Corydon, Bent, and L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, L. Stuart, 1987.Gardner, Martin, In the Name of Science, Putnam, 1952, published as Fads and Fallacies in the name of Science, Dover, 1957.Hubbard, L. Ron, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, Hermitage House, 1950, reprinted, Bridge Publications, 1984.Miller, Russell, Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard, Holt, 1988. Chicago Tribune, January 30, 1986.County Telegram-Tribune, January 30, 1986.Fantasy Review, February 1986.Maclean's, November 17, 1997.People, January 24, 1983.Reason, April 1996.Time, May 6, 1991; February 10, 1997.Xignals, April/May 1986. |