Donald Q. Cannon
Donald Quayle Cannon (born 1936) is a retired professor at Brigham Young University who specializes in Mormon history, particularly early Mormon history and international Mormon history.
As a young man, Cannon was a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Germany. Cannon earned his bachelors and master's degrees at the University of Utah. Cannon holds a Ph.D. from Clark University. In the late 1960s, he taught at the University of Southern Maine.
In the LDS Church he has served as a bishop and branch president.
Among other works, Cannon was one of the editors of the Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History and of the Historical Atlas of Mormonism. He has also been an editor for works in the Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History series.
Works
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- Donald Q. Cannon, Larry E. Dahl, and John W. Welch, “The Restoration of Major Doctrines through Joseph Smith: The Godhead, Mankind, and the Creation,” Ensign, January 1989, p. 27
References
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External links
- Donald Q. Cannon at the MLCA Database
- Works by or about Donald Q. Cannon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Articles using small message boxes
- 1936 births
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- American Latter Day Saint writers
- American Mormon missionaries in Germany
- Brigham Young University faculty
- Cannon family
- Clark University alumni
- Historians of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Living people
- University of Utah alumni
- American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
