Richard Bushman | |
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 Bushman in the 2016 film By Study and Also by Faith | |
| Born | Richard Lyman Bushman June 20, 1931 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Spouse | |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Government and Society in Connecticut, 1690–1760 (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Oscar Handlin[1] |
| Other advisors | Bernard Bailyn[2] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| School or tradition | New Mormon history |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Notable works | Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling (2005) |
Richard Lyman Bushman (born June 20, 1931) is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, having previously taught at Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Delaware. Bushman is the author of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, a biography of Joseph Smith, progenitor of the Latter Day Saint movement. Bushman also was an editor for the Joseph Smith Papers Project and now serves on the national advisory board.[3][4] Bushman has been called "one of the most important scholars of American religious history" of the late-20th century. In 2012, a $3-million donation to the University of Virginia established the Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies in his honor.[5]
- ^ Underwood et al. 2011, p. 2.
- ^ Woodworth & C. L. Bushman 2009, p. 140.
- ^ Bushman, Richard (June 25, 2021). "An Evangelical Interviews Dr. Richard Bushman". Mormon Book Reviews (Interview). Interviewed by Steven Pynakker. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
- ^ "Project Team". The Joseph Smith Papers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ Cannon, H. Brevy (October 10, 2012). "U.Va. Creates Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies" (Press release). Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2017.