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No historical plaque for Scientology founder
English Heritage has rejected an application to put up a plaque at the former home of L. Ron Hubbard.The American science fiction writer, who became a controversial figure when he founded Scientology, was based at 37 Fitzroy Street in London's West End from 1957 to 1959. The Hubbard Foundation had applied to English Heritage for a blue plaque to mark the building. Blue plaques are recognizable to anyone who's been to London as marking the spot of a famous event or building, or where a famous person has lived, worked, or died.
English Heritage states they rejected the application because, "It was felt that since Mr Hubbard had died only relatively recently, in 1986, that more time was required to make an objective assessment of the importance and longevity of his achievements. The panel also noted that Mr Hubbard had no address in London which could be considered as comparatively settled, and moved around a great deal."
The Hubbard Foundation owns the building and runs it as a museum. They are appealing the ruling.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Helix Barkoff Nov 29th 2009 12:53PM
I'm all for the plague. However it should read:
L. Ron
Hubbard
1911-1986
Charlatan
scammed here
Malaycobra Nov 30th 2009 5:54AM
+1
Jennifer Nov 30th 2009 4:03PM
It would be nice to see L. Ron receive a plaque. They might even give L. Ron a plaque. Notice what they said, "It was felt that since Mr Hubbard had died only relatively recently, in 1986, that more time was required to make an objective assessment of the importance and longevity of his achievements."
We will see in the near future.
FrankG Dec 1st 2009 10:41AM
Definitely Mr Hubbard deserves a plaque.
He sold more than 100,000,000 books and got three awards from "Guinness"...
“Most audio books for one author is with 185 published audio books"
Past Guinness world records issued include ‘Most translated author,’ and the world's ‘Most published author,’”