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A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authored Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established organizations to promote and practice Dianetics techniques.
- George Washington University (dropped out)
- Jamie DeWolf (great-grandson)
- Inventor of Scientology
Mar 9, 2024 · L. Ron Hubbard (born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska, U.S.—died January 24, 1986, San Luis Obispo, California) American novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology. Hubbard grew up in Helena, Montana, and studied at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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Jan 29, 1986 · L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology, died here Friday, and mystery surrounds his death just as it cloaked the final years of his life. He was 74 years old.
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From his birth in 1911 until 1950, L. Ron Hubbard was a failed student, a struggling writer, a low-ranking and oft-disciplined officer in the US Navy, and an occult practitioner. His early family life included following his father, a US Navy officer, to different bases around the world, and attending university for two years.
Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement. It is variously defined as a cult, a business, a religion, a scam, or a new religious movement.
Upon his return to the United States in 1929 and completion of his high-school education, Mr. Hubbard enrolled in George Washington University. There, he studied engineering, mathematics and nuclear physics —all disciplines that would serve him well through later philosophic inquiry. In point of fact, L. Ron Hubbard was the first to ...
May 8, 2017 · In 1950, L. Ron Hubbard—the founder of Scientology—published his bestselling book “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.” Though he originally conceived of Dianetics as a “science...
