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Smith, George Albert, 1870-1951

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Personal name headingSmith, George Albert, 1870-1951
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Birth date18700404
Death date19510404
Place of birthSalt Lake City, Utah
Place of deathSalt Lake City, Utah
AffiliationBrigham Young Academy
Grant-Odell Co.
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution
University of Utah
Sons of the American Revolution
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Boy Scouts of America
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
United States. General Land Office
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Profession or occupationSalesman
General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Found inHis Sharing the Gospel with others, 1948.
Biography index, v. 2, Z5301.B5 (d. 1951)
LDS.org, via WWW, Feb. 13, 2006 (George Albert Smith; b. April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City; d. April 4, 1951, Salt Lake City; served as the 8th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1945-1951)
Against all odds, [2011], ©2011: t.p. (George Albert Smith) p. [x] (b. April 4, 1870, Salt Lake City; 1882-1883 attended Brigham Young Academy; 1883-1887 worked for Grant-Odell Co. and ZCMI clothing factory; 1887-1888 attended University of Utah; 1888-1891, 1894-1898 salesman for ZCMI; receiver of the US Land Office; October 6, 1903 became member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 1922 elected vice-president of The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; 1930 elected president of the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association; 1931 elected member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America) p. [xi] (July 1, 1943 President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; May 21, 1945 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; d. April 4, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah)
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