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Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author and the founder of Scientology.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.
While hiding in Sparks, Hubbard authored a screenplay titled Revolt in the Stars based on the Xenu story and by December he was prepared to being production. Hubbard's screenplay was passed around Hollywood in 1978. In February 1978, L. Ron Hubbard was convicted, in absentia, by a French court for obtaining money under false pretenses.
Church of Spiritual Technology ranch (note logo, top center) near Creston, where L. Ron Hubbard spent his last days. Creston is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California , about 10 miles east of Atascadero .
Scientology accounts say that Hubbard "made his way deep into Manchuria's Western Hills and beyond — to break bread with Mongolian bandits, share campfires with Siberian shamans and befriend the last in the line of magicians from the court of Kublai Khan". [20] However, Hubbard did not record these events in his diary.
L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, [1] the only child of Ledora May (née Waterbury), who had trained as a teacher, and Harry Ross Hubbard, a former United States Navy officer. L. Ron was named after his maternal grandfather, Lafayette "Lafe" O. Waterbury.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan stayed at the Queen’s favourite home, Windsor Castle, in 1982. The two heads of state shared a love of horses and were famously pictured riding side by side in Windsor ...
Saint Hill Manor is now a museum that features the works of L. Ron Hubbard, and exhibits about what the Scientology organisation claims are his accomplishments. [ 12 ] Following the completion of the renovations, the Church of Scientology purchased seven new 29-seater ADL Enviro200 midibuses to transport the 400 staff members between the manor ...
Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard is a posthumous biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard by British journalist Russell Miller. First published in the United Kingdom on 26 October 1987, the book takes a critical perspective, challenging the Church of Scientology 's account of Hubbard's life and work. [ 1 ]