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- Birth nameElbert Green Hubbard
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Elbert Hubbard was born on June 19, 1856 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for A Message to Garcia (1916), A Message to Garcia (1936) and Justinian and Theodora (1910). He was married to Alice Moore and Bertha C. Crawford. He died on May 7, 1915 in off the coast of Ireland.
- SpousesAlice Moore(1904 - May 7, 1915) (his death, 1 child)Bertha C. Crawford(1881 - 1903) (divorced, 4 children)
- He and his wife, Alice, were among 128 Americans who died in the sinking of the ocean liner RMS "Lusitania," off the coast of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland.
- Established the Roycroft Press in 1893 in East Aurora, New York, after he had retired as a freelance newspaperman and head of sales and advertising for a manufacturing company.
- Renowned essayist, author, editor, and publisher.
- Life is just one damned thing after another.
- Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
- A conservative is a man too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
- An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
- An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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