L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) was the founder of the Church of Scientology, and an author of science fiction and speculative fiction, as well as Dianetics and many thousands of pages of both internally-facing and public Scientology books and documents. He wrote at least 153 stories in various genres of pulp fiction in the 1930s and '40s including westerns and pirates.[1]
Born to Ledora May and Harry Ross Hubbard in Tilden, Nebraska. At an early age, Hubbard claimed to have been inducted into the Blackfoot Indian tribe, learning from "Old Tom", teaching him many things about their tribal practices, and then made a blood brother. Historians dispute this claim, but the Church includes it in their biographies of Hubbard.
Hubbard attended George Washington University in 1930, but does not do well in his courses. Later, he will co-author a book called All About Radiation, but while at university, Hubbard failed his courses on nuclear physics.
Notes
- ↑ "Locus Looks at Books: Richard A. Lupoff", Locus the Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Field, December, 2008, page 29