Richard Bushman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Bushman

American historian

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1931

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Profession: writer, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Richard Lyman Bushman (born 20 June 1931) is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University.
Bushman taught at Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Delaware before joining the history faculty at Columbia.
Bushman is the author of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, an important biography of Joseph Smith, and he serves as one of three general editors of the Joseph Smith Papers.
Bushman has been called "one of the most important scholars of American religious history" of the late 20th century, and in 2012 a $3 million donation to the University of Virginia established the Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies in his honor.