Craig James Ostler (born 1954) is an American historian of

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(LDS Church) and a professor of Church History and Doctrine at

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(BYU). Ostler served a

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for the LDS Church in the

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. Prior to joining the BYU faculty Ostler was an instructor with the

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. Ostler received his Ph.D. from BYU. In the LDS Church Ostler has served as a

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. He and his wife Sandy are the parents of seven children. He currently lives in

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. Ostler's main area of expertise is the

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and sites related to the early history of the LDS Church; he has compiled photographs from these early sites. Along with

Susan Easton Black Susan Easton Black (born Susan Lindsay Ward in 1944) is a retired professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. She is also an author of several books related to Joseph Smith and the early history of ...

and

Joseph Fielding McConkie Joseph Fielding McConkie (3 April 1941–10 October 2013) was a professor of Religious text, Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU) and an author or co-author of over 25 books. McConkie was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ...

, Ostler was a creator of much of the material at Virtual Historian.

Works

and Craig J. Ostler. ''Revelations of the Restoration''. * Guy L. Dorius, Craig K. Manscill and Ostler, ed., ''Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History: Ohio and Upper Canada''.AllBookStores listing of works by Ostler
/ref> *John P. Livingstone, W. Jeffrey Marsh,

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, John P. Starrs, David M. Whitchurch and Ostler. ''Hallow Ground, Sacred Journeys: Salt Lake City, An Ensign to The Nations''. *Ostler has also been a co-editor of the compilation of the Sperry Symposium talks on at least three occasions.

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External links

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BYU Religious Education faculty website
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