Samuel J. Steiner (born 18 September 1946 in
North Lima, Ohio
North Lima is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2020 census. Located at the intersection of State Routes 7, 164, and 165, it is pa ...
) is an American-Canadian historian, author, and archivist. Steiner moved to Canada in 1968 as a
draft resister, where he became a historian and archivist at
Conrad Grebel University College
Conrad Grebel University College is a university college affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Mennonite Church Canada.
The college is named after Conrad Grebel, a co-founder of t ...
in
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (formerly Waterloo County, Ontario, Waterloo County). Waterloo is situated about west-southwest of Toronto, but it is n ...
, and was the founding editor of the
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia. He has authored five books about
Mennonite
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name ''Mennonites'' is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of ...
history, including a biography of
Jacob Yost Shantz
Jacob Yost Shantz (2May 182228October 1909) was a Mennonite farmer, Businessperson, businessman, and industrialist from Ontario, Canada. He played a significant role in the urban development of Berlin, Ontario (Berlin to Kitchener name change, wh ...
and is considered an authority on Ontario Mennonite history.
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20th-century Canadian historians
Canadian Mennonites
American Mennonites
Mennonite writers
1946 births
American emigrants to Canada
Living people
21st-century Canadian historians
Historians of Canada
Writers from Waterloo, Ontario
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