Biography of richard lyman bushman interview
This week's guest is Richard Bushman, who is simply one of the most important scholarly voices ever in the Latter-day Saint tradition.
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Richard Bushman
American historian and academic (born )
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Richard Lyman Bushman (born June 20, ) 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 lateth century.
In , a $3-million donation to the University of Virginia established the Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies in his honor.[5]
Biography
Richard L. Bushman was born on June 20,[ci
