| LC control no. | n 85818652 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952 |
| Variant(s) | Widtsoe, John A. (John Andreas), 1872-1952 |
| Associated country | Norway U.S. |
| Located | Logan, Utah Utah Namsos, Norway |
| Birth date | 18720131 |
| Death date | 19521129 |
| Place of birth | Freya Island, Norway |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Field of activity | religion science |
| Affiliation | Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah A.M., Ph.D. University Of Gottingen, Germany Agricultural Experiment Staion, Utah State University Deseret Farmer magazine Brigham Young University Utah State University University of Utah Commissioner of Church Education Commissioner of Church Education University of Southern California Federal Bureau of Reclamation Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Profession or occupation | apostle author scientist |
| Found in | nuc85-54696: Young, B. Discourses of Brigham Young, 1978, c1954 (hdg. on CoU-CS rept.: Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952; usage: John A. Widtsoe) LC data base, 10/4/85 (Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952; usage: John A. Andreas) Wikipedia, viewed 29 September 2010 (John A. Widtsoe, John Andreas Widtsoe, 31 January 1872 - 29 November 1952; member Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1921 until his death; noted author, scientist, and academician; born on Freya island, Norway; moved to Namsos, Norway in 1874; emigrated to United States, Utah Territory in 1883; graduated Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah; graduated Harvard University in 1894; head, agricultural experiment station at Utah State Agricultural College; taught farming skills; 1898 attended University of Göttingen, Germany and obtained an A.M. and Ph.D. in 1899; part of time in Europe lived in Switzerland; 1900 became the director Agricultural Experiment Station in what is now Utah State University; founded The Deseret Farmer magazine; 1905 professor of agriculture at Brigham Young University; building on BYU Campus named in his honor that houses the College of Biology and Agriculture; President Utah State University 1907-1916; President University of Utah 1916-1921; Commissioner of Church Education 1921-1924, 1934-1936; taught religion class at University of Southern California; supervised reorganization of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation in Washington, D.C. for 2 years in the 1920s; served several missions to Europe; author of many books, biographies and wrote two autobiographies; wrote a hymn; died in Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| Associated language | eng |
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