Donald Quayle Cannon (born 1936) is a retired professor at

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...

who specializes in

Latter-day Saint Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...

history, particularly early Latter-day Saint history and international Latter-day Saint history. As a young man, Cannon was a

missionary A missionary is a member of a religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thomas Hale 'On Being a Mi ...

for

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...

(LDS Church) in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Cannon earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

. Cannon holds a Ph.D. from

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...

. In the late 1960s, he taught at the University of Southern Maine. In the LDS Church he has served as a

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

and

branch president A branch president is a leader of a "branch" congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The calling of branch president is very similar to the calling of bishop, except that instead of presiding over a ward, th ...

. 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

* 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 An ensign is the national flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality. The ensign is the largest flag, generally flown at the stern (rear) of the ship while in port. The naval ensign (also known as war ensign), used on warships, may be diffe ...

'', January 1989, p. 27 * *''The Nauvoo Legion in Illinois: A History of the Mormon Militia, 1841-1846'' (2010) with Richard E. Bennett and Susan Easton Black.Roger Laurius blog listing
/ref> * ''Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History'' (2012) with Brandon S. Plewe (editor-in-chief) and S. Kent Brown and

Richard H. Jackson Richard Harrison Jackson (May 10, 1866 – October 2, 1971) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy. Originally cashiered from the Navy for poor grades at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was commissioned ensign by special act of Congress for ...

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