Robert Fulghum
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Robert Fulghum in 2007
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| Born | Robert Lee Fulghum June 4, 1937 Waco, Texas |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Essays, fiction |
| Subject | Spirituality |
| Spouse |
Marcia McClellan (1957-1973) Lynn Edwards (1975-2000) Willow Bader (2010-present) |
| Children |
Christian Hunter Molly |
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Marcia McClellan (1957-1973) Lynn Edwards (1975-2000)
Christian
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Robert Lee Fulghum (
i/ˈfʊldʒəm/; born June 4, 1937) is an American author and Unitarian Universalist minister.
He grew up in Waco, Texas and received his Bachelor of Arts at Baylor University in 1958. He received his Bachelor of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry in 1961 and was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister. Rev. Fulghum served the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington from 1960–1964, the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church in Shoreline, Washington from 1964 to 1968 and the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington where his is currently Minister Emeritus.
Rev. Fulghum came to prominence in the United States when his first collection of writings, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988), stayed on the New York Times bestseller lists for nearly two years. Throughout the collection, subtitled "Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things," Fulghum expounds his down-home philosophy of seeing the world through the eyes of a child.
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