Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: aboard miles -lrb- 18 & nbsp ; km -rrb- off the the old head of kinsale , ireland torpedoed lusitania in the atlantic ocean 11 - caption: elbert hubbard - birth name: elbert hubbard - death date: 07 may 1915 - spouse: bertha hubbard -lrb- 1904 -- 1915 -rrb- -lrb- their death -rrb- crawford hubbard -lrb- divorced -rrb- ; alice moore - children: elbert sanford hubbard -lrb- 1887 -- 1955 -rrb- , ralph hubbard hubbard -lrb- 1885 -- 1980 -rrb- and catherine -lrb- nee hubbard ii -rrb- bryan -lrb- 1896 -- 1961 -rrb- by bertha ; -lrb- miriam elberta hubbard -lrb- 1894 -- 1985 -rrb- by alice 1882 -- 1970 -rrb- , - birth date: 19 june 1856 - name: elbert hubbard - image: elbert hubbard - project gutenberg etext 12933.jpg - birth place: bloomington , illinois , u.s. - occupation: writer , publisher , artist , philosopher Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elbert hubbard .
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elbert green hubbard -lrb- june 19 , 1856 -- may 7 , 1915 -rrb- 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 .presently hubbard is known best as the initiator of the roycroft artisan community in east aurora , new york , a realization of the arts and crafts philosophy .among his many publications were the nine-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 sunk by a german submarine off the coast of ireland on may 7 , 1915 .