Glen Milton Leonard (born 1938) is an American historian specializing in
Mormon history
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...
.
Background
Leonard is a native of
Farmington, Utah.
He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Utah. For a time he was managing editor of ''Utah Historical Quarterly''.
[ He has taught at both ]Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
and Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...
. Leonard has been the director of the Museum of Church History and Art
The Church History Museum, formerly the Museum of Church History and Art, is the premier museum operated by the Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and ...
in Salt Lake City since it opened in 1984.
Leonard and his wife Karen had three sons. They live in Farmington, Utah.
Among other callings in the LDS Church, Leonard has served as seventies quorum president,[ ]bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
and counselor in a stake presidency. He later served as president of the Farmington Utah North Stake.
Published work
Leonard has authored and co-authored several books on Mormon history. Among these are ''Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, A People of Promise'' and ''A History of Davis County, Utah''. He also co-authored ''The Story of the Latter-day Saints
''The Story of the Latter-day Saints'' is a single-volume history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard, first published in 1976.
Overview
The authors summarised the tone of their wo ...
'' with James B. Allen and '' Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' with Richard E. Turley, Jr.
Richard Eyring "Rick" Turley Jr. (born February 18, 1956) is an American historian and genealogist. He previously served as both an Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and as managing direct ...
and Ronald W. Walker
Ronald Warren Walker (1939 – May 9, 2016) was an American historian of the Latter Day Saint movement and a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) and president of the Mormon History Association. His work, acclaimed by the Mormon History As ...
.
See also
* Latter Day Saint historians Historians of the Latter Day Saint movement are a diverse group of historians writing about Mormonism. Historians devoted to the history of the Latter Day Saint movement may be members of a Latter Day Saint faith or non-members with an academic inte ...
Notes
References
Deseret Book authors bio.
* '' Church News'', September 23, 1995.
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1938 births
American Latter Day Saint writers
American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young University faculty
Directors of museums in the United States
Historians of the Latter Day Saint movement
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Living people
People from Farmington, Utah
Seventies (LDS Church)
University of Utah alumni
Utah State University faculty