De Lamar Jensen
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De Lamar Jensen was a historian of early modern Europe and a faculty member of the history department at Brigham Young University
(BYU). He wrote several books on Europe during the renaissance and reformation.
. He was a fighter pilot in World War II
. After the war he studied for a year at BYU and then was a physics teacher at a high school in Idaho for a year. He then served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico and Guatemala. It was while serving as a missionary that he decided to shift to studying history. After his mission he returned to BYU and in 1952 earned a BA in history. He then earned an MA and PhD from Columbia University
.
Jensen joined the BYU history department in 1957. In 1979 he was a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation.
Among Jensen's works are Renaissance Europe: Age of Recovery and Reconciliation, Reformation Europe: Age of Reform and Revolution, Confrontation at Worms: Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms and Diplomacy and Dogmatism: Bernardino de Mendoza and the French Catholic League.
Jensen has written several encyclopedia articles including the one on the Protestant Reformation for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
. He also wrote the foreword to Arnold K. Garr
's Christopher Columbus: A Latter-day Saints perspective.
From 1980-1983 Jensen served as the president of the Peru Arequipa Mission.
Jensen had been granted emeritus status from BYU by 1992 at which time he headed the universities committee in charge of celebration the quinta-centennial of Christopher Columbus
' voyage to the Americas. As recently as 2003 Jensen was a participant at a BYU lecture on Latter-day Saint perspectives on world history.
In 2008 the BYU history department established at De Lamar Jensen lectureship in Jensen's honor.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU). He wrote several books on Europe during the renaissance and reformation.
Biography
Jensen was born and raised in IdahoIdaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
. He was a fighter pilot in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. After the war he studied for a year at BYU and then was a physics teacher at a high school in Idaho for a year. He then served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico and Guatemala. It was while serving as a missionary that he decided to shift to studying history. After his mission he returned to BYU and in 1952 earned a BA in history. He then earned an MA and PhD from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
Jensen joined the BYU history department in 1957. In 1979 he was a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation.
Among Jensen's works are Renaissance Europe: Age of Recovery and Reconciliation, Reformation Europe: Age of Reform and Revolution, Confrontation at Worms: Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms and Diplomacy and Dogmatism: Bernardino de Mendoza and the French Catholic League.
Jensen has written several encyclopedia articles including the one on the Protestant Reformation for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
The Encyclopedia of Mormonism is a semi-official encyclopedia for topics relevant to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
. He also wrote the foreword to Arnold K. Garr
Arnold K. Garr
Arnold Kent Garr is the chair of the department of Church history and Doctrine in the Religious Education Division of Brigham Young University . He was also the lead editor of the Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History....
's Christopher Columbus: A Latter-day Saints perspective.
From 1980-1983 Jensen served as the president of the Peru Arequipa Mission.
Jensen had been granted emeritus status from BYU by 1992 at which time he headed the universities committee in charge of celebration the quinta-centennial of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
' voyage to the Americas. As recently as 2003 Jensen was a participant at a BYU lecture on Latter-day Saint perspectives on world history.
In 2008 the BYU history department established at De Lamar Jensen lectureship in Jensen's honor.