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22 April 2004, 09:47 AM
bubba
Middle Name
Well I was wondering does Ray Bradbury happen to have a middle name. If so can someone tell me what it is so that I can use it in my book report.
Thanks
22 April 2004, 10:43 AM
From Greentown Illinois
I believe its Raymond Douglas Bradbury.


Andy
22 April 2004, 04:58 PM
Ettil
that explains alot, doesnt it? DOUGLAS Spaulding.


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22 April 2004, 05:18 PM
philnic
And wasn't Spaulding the maiden name of Ray's mother?


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22 April 2004, 10:26 PM
Nard Kordell
And Ray's 'teacher" and great friend, Leigh Brackett's middle name was..... Douglass ('glass' instead of 'glas').
Leigh Douglass Brackett

see: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brackett.htm
23 April 2004, 02:15 AM
elron
>>And wasn't Spaulding the maiden name of Ray's mother?

As far as I know, her maiden name was Moberg. You can find this name in "The big black and white game". In this story somebody Moberg is also Swedish.


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23 April 2004, 06:57 AM
dandelion
Ray's full name: Ray Douglas Bradbury

No Raymond, despite what some printed sources will say, only Ray.

Middle name Douglas, so named by his mother after the actor Douglas Fairbanks.

Spaulding was his father's middle name, so without looking I would say his father's mother's maiden name--not Ray's mother's maiden name, which was, indeed, Moberg.
23 April 2004, 11:01 AM
bubba
Thank all of you for the help. Ray Bradbury truely is an insperation. I first got interested in him because of his short story "The Pedestrian" (No underline). Anyway thanks for all the help.