Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Richard Bushman

Born: June 20, 1931 (age 94)
Bio: Richard Lyman Bushman is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University. He was the Howard W. Hunter Visiting Professor in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University from 2008 to 2011.
Known for:
- Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling (2005)
- Joseph Smith and the beginnings of Mormonism (1984)
- The refinement of America (1992)
- Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction (2008)