Smith, Joseph F

Smith, Joseph F

▪ American religious leader
born Nov. 13, 1838, Far West, Mo., U.S.
died Nov. 19, 1918, Salt Lake City, Utah

      American religious leader, sixth president (1901–18) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the main Mormon denomination).

      After his uncle Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and his father, Hyrum Smith, were murdered in Carthage, Ill., in 1844, he and his mother fled with the majority of the Mormons to Utah. Made an apostle of the church in 1866, Smith advanced within the hierarchy to the office of president in 1901. He also served on the city council of Salt Lake City and in the territorial legislature (1865–74, 1880, 1882). Smith had six wives, but he accepted the decision to give up polygamy reached by church leaders in 1890 and testified before a United States Senate committee that Mormons no longer accepted the practice.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Smith,Joseph — Smith, Joseph. 1805 1844. American religious leader. He founded (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and led his congregation westward from New York State to western Illinois, where he was murdered by an anti Mormon mob. * * * …   Universalium

  • Smith, Joseph — born Dec. 23, 1805, Sharon, Vt., U.S. died June 27, 1844, Carthage, Ill. Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (Mormon church). He began experiencing visions as a teenager in Palmyra, N.Y. In 1827 he claimed that an angel had …   Universalium

  • Smith, Joseph — (1805–44)    Denomination Founder.    Smith was born in Vermont, in the United States of America, and in 1816 he moved to Palmyra, New York. In 1820 he had a conversion experience in which he claimed that God had revealed to him a series of… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • Smith, Joseph — ► (1805 44) Jefe religioso estadounidense. Fue fundador del mormonismo. En 1830 publicó el Libro de mormón que, según él, era la traducción de un evangelio grabado en unas tablas de oro, revelación de Jesucristo resucitado a los judíos que… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Smith, Joseph, III — ▪ American religious leader [1832 1914] born Nov. 6, 1832, Kirtland, Ohio, U.S. died Dec. 10, 1914, Independence, Mo.       American religious leader, first president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Community of… …   Universalium

  • Smith, Joseph —    Contemporary painter.    Reproductions: Intercourse with the devil, from Witches by Erica Jong; 1982; Bentley, 1984: p. 47 [B] …   Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators

  • SMITH, Joseph — (1805 1844)    American visionary and founder of MORMONISM. He claimed to have begun receiving spiritual VISIONS in 1820. As a result of the religious confusion created by competing SECTS he published The Book of Mormon (1830) which he said was… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • Joseph Smith, Jr. — Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure in the United States during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began …   Wikipedia

  • Joseph Smith, Jr — Joseph Smith Pour les articles homonymes, voir Joseph Smith (homonymie). Joseph Smith Joseph Smith, fils (23 décembre  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joseph Smith, Jr. — Joseph Smith Pour les articles homonymes, voir Joseph Smith (homonymie). Joseph Smith Joseph Smith, fils (23 décembre  …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”