Guy Ballard

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Guy Warren Ballard
Born	(1878-07-28)July 28, 1878 Newton, Kansas, United States
Died	December 29, 1939(1939-12-29) (aged 61)
Other names	Godfré Ray King
Occupation	Mining engineer
Known for	Founder of the "I AM" Activity
Spouse	Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard
Children	Donald Ballard

Guy Warren Ballard (July 28, 1878 – December 29, 1939) was an American mining engineer who, with his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, founded the "I AM" Activity.

Ballard was born in Newton, Kansas and married his wife in Chicago in 1916. Ballard served in the U.S. Army in World War I, and then became a mining engineer. Both Edna and Guy studied Theosophy and the occult extensively.^[1][2][3]