Wikipedia's article on Ivan Stang, read directly for this pass, which states he was born Douglass St Clair Smith on 21 August 1953 in Washington, D.C., co-founded the Church of the SubGenius, published the first SubGenius pamphlet in 1980 under the name J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, and has produced the syndicated radio program The Hour of Slack.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Stang
Source Typereference
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used only for biographical and career facts about a living public figure, which are well documented and not in scholarly dispute. NotesUsed for Ivan Stang's biography and the founding of the Church of the SubGenius only.
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This source names Ivan Stang directly: "Wikipedia's article on Ivan Stang, read directly for this pass, which states he was born Douglass St Clair Smith on 21 August 1953 in Washington, D.C., co-founded the Church of the SubGenius..."
This source names Washington directly: "St Clair Smith on 21 August 1953 in Washington, D.C., co-founded the Church of the SubGenius, published the first SubGenius pamphlet in 1980 under the name J."
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- Historical Figures, 15 claims: 13 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- New Religious Movements, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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