Davis Bitton (1930–2007)
Author of The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints
About the Author
Davis Bitton was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, in 1930. After graduating from Brigham Young University, he earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Princeton University. He had faculty appointments at the University of Texas, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and since 1966, the University of show more Utah, where he was professor of Renaissance and Reformation history. In 1995 he retired and became an emeritus professor. Always interested in Mormon history, Bitton was among the charter members of the Mormon History Association and served as its president. Starting in 1972, he served as assistant church historian for 10 years. Compiler of a massive reference work summarizing 2,800 diaries and autobiographies, he has also authored or coauthored several books show less
Works by Davis Bitton
Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson (1998) — Editor — 24 copies
New Views of Mormon History: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Leonard J. Arrington (1987) 14 copies
Historical Dictionary of Mormonism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series) (1994) 13 copies
The Martyrdom Remembered: A One-Hundred-Fifty-Year Perspective on the Assassination of Joseph Smith (1994) 8 copies
Associated Works
The Disciple As Witness: Essays on Latter-Day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson (2000) — Contributor — 19 copies
Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the Last Half Century (2004) — Contributor — 17 copies
Action and conviction in early modern Europe : essays in memory of E. H. Harbison (1969) — Contributor — 9 copies
A New Light Breaks Forth. Essays in Mormon History. Edited By Lyndon W. Cook & Donald Q. Cannon. (1980) — Contributor — 5 copies
The Twentieth Century American West: Contributions to an Understanding (1983) — Contributor — 3 copies
Restoration Studies I: Sesquicentennial Edition: A Collection of Essays About the History, Beliefs, and Practices of… (1980) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 54, No. 4, Fall 1986 - Against Great Odds (1986) — Contributor — 2 copies
Pioneers in the Pacific: Memory, History, and Cultural Identity Among the Latter-Day Saints (2005) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 43, No. 1, Winter 1975 - Cultural Perspectives (1975) — Contributor — 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 46, No. 2, Spring 1978 - Views of Utah Women (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 46, No. 4, Fall 1978 - Challenges of the Utah Environment (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Celebrating the LDS Past: Essays Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the 1972 Founding of the LDS Church Historical… (1992) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 21, Number 3 (Fall 1988) (1988) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Skeleton in Grandpa's Barn: And Other Stories of Growing Up in Utah (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 1, Number 3 (Autumn 1966) (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 2, Number 4 (Winter 1967) (1967) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 3, Number 4 (Winter 1968) (1968) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 7, Number 4 (Winter 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 10, Number 3 (Spring 1977) (1977) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter 1978) (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 12, Number 3 (Autumn 1979) (1979) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 16, Number 3 (Autumn 1983) (1983) — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Bitton, Ronald Davis
- Birthdate
- 1930-02-22
- Date of death
- 2007-04-13
- Burial location
- Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Blackfoot, Idaho, USA
- Place of death
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Education
- Princeton University (PhD|French History|1961)
Princeton University (MA|History|1958)
Brigham Young University (BA|History|1956) - Occupations
- historian
Professor of History
Assistant Church Historian - Relationships
- Bitton, JoAn (wife)
- Organizations
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Assistant Church Historian)
University of Utah
University of Texas at Austin
University of California, Santa Barbara
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Mormon History Association (president) - Awards and honors
- Leonard J. Arrington Award (2006)
Assistant Church Historian
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Statistics
- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 70
- Members
- 361
- Popularity
- #66,480
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 26