Glen Milton Leonard is an American

United States

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 historian specializing in Mormon history.

Background

Leonard is a native of Farmington, Utah

Farmington, Utah

Farmington is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,255 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Davis County...

. 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

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...

 and Utah State University

Utah State University

Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....

. Leonard has been the director of the Museum of Church History and Art

Museum of Church History and Art

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 in Salt Lake City since it opened in 1984.

Leonard and his wife Karen have three sons. They live in Farmington, Utah

Farmington, Utah

Farmington is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,255 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Davis County...

.

Among other callings in the LDS Church, Leonard has served as seventies quorum president, bishop and counselor in a stake presidency. He later served as president of the Farmington Utah North Stake.

Published work

He has authored and co-authored seveal 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

The Story of the Latter-day Saints is a single-volume history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James B. Allen and Glen M...

with James B. Allen

James B. Allen (historian)

James Brown "Jim" Allen is an American historian of Mormonism and was an official Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972–1979.-Biography:...

 and Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Massacre at Mountain Meadows is a book by Latter-day Saint historian Richard E. Turley, Jr. and two Brigham Young University professors of history, Ronald W. Walker and Glen M. Leonard. Leonard was also the director of the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, Utah...

with Richard E. Turley, Jr.

Richard E. Turley, Jr.

Richard Eyring "Rick" Turley, Jr. is an American historian and genealogist, and the Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-Biography:...

 and Ronald W. Walker

Ronald W. Walker

Ronald Warren Walker is a historian of the Latter Day Saint movement who was formerly a professor at Brigham Young University and president of the Mormon History Association.-Biography:...

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Sources

• Deseret Book authors bio.
• dust jacket "about the author" of Nauvoo.
• LDS Church News, September 23rd, 1995.

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