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Elbert Green Hubbard
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American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher
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Elbert Green Hubbard was an American journalist, philosopher, publisher, and writer. Born in Bloomington in 1856, he worked primarily in the field of philosophy and wrote in English. His notable works include *Strategy Six Pack 9* and *Strategy Six Pack 8*.
Hubbard died in 1915 due to drowning in the Atlantic Ocean aboard the RMS Lusitania. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center.
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- Strategy Six Pack 9
- Strategy Six Pack 8
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- Hubbard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bloomington
- Place of death
- RMS Lusitania
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- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- philosophy
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- date of birth
- 1856-01-01
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- 1915-01-01
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- cause of death
- drowning
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- Elbert Green Hubbard
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
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- Elbert Green Hubbard
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Encyclopedic overview
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Among Hubbard's many publications were the fourteen-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine SM U-20 off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.
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