Dictionary of Mormon Biography

04/23/2024

If you can, please support our friend’s effort to make Mormonism more multilingual!

There are few to no collections of Mormon poetry that aren’t in English. This is needed!

This project seeks to publish two books of poetry by deceased LDS poets who wrote in Spanish: Consuelo Gómez and Ruben Ransud.

06/17/2022

The website is offline and will be for the foreseeable future until we determine a new hosting environment.

We hope to have an update very soon!

02/26/2016

We're back!

02/16/2016

The website will be offline for the next couple of days until we complete a move to a new web host. Thank you for your patience!

01/26/2016

Today's feature: Emily Hill Woodmansee, an English-born American poet and hymnwriter.

01/14/2016

Take a look at the wonderfully detailed work of Tyson Thorpe, our top contributor.

The original name of the church organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830 was the Church of Christ. The official name of the church changed multiple times during Smith's lifetime. It became the Church of the Latter Day Saints in 1834, the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1836, and finally the C…

10/28/2015

Today's feature: Patty Bartlett Sessions, the nearly omnipresent midwife of the pioneer era and wife of Joseph Smith, Jr.

10/14/2015

Today's feature

09/23/2015

Today's feature: Richard G. Scott, an apostle and longtime ecclesiastical leader in the LDS Church, who passed away yesterday.

09/13/2015

Today's feature: Samuel Smith, a younger brother of Joseph Smith Jr., witness of the Book of Mormon and an early missionary in the Church of Christ.