Richard Edmond Bennett (born 1946) is a professor of Church History and Doctrine at

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(BYU). Prior to joining the faculty of BYU Bennett was the head of the Department of Archives and Special Collections at the

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. Bennett is a native of Sudbury,

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. He served a

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for

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(LDS Church) in

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from 1967 to 1969. He has a master's degree from BYU where he wrote his thesis on early 19th-century missionary activities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ontario. Bennett has a Ph.D. in United States intellectual history from

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. He is currently the Church History Editor for

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and was previously Associate Editor of the

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. Bennett is the author of ''The Nauvoo Legion in Illinois: A History of the Mormon Militia, 1841–1846'', ''We'll Find the Place: The Mormon Exodus, 1846-1848'', and ''Mormons at the Missouri: 1846-1852''. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bennett has served as

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Stake starting in 1987. He served a mission for the church in Texas. In 2020 Bennett and his wife were called as directors of the church's historic site at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.''Church News'' 6 Nov. 2020
/ref> Bennett and his wife, the former Patricia Dyer, are the parents of five children.

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BYU faculty bio

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Maxwell Institute listing of Bennett
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