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Petersen, Boyd

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1962-

Biographical History

Boyd Petersen (b. 1962) is a college professor in Utah.

Boyd Jay Petersen was born February 23, 1962 in Provo, Utah. In 1980, he served a mission to Paris, France, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1984, he married Zina Nibley. Together they had four children. Boyd Petersen has worked at Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University as a lecturer, and as the president of the Association for Mormon Letters, and the book review editor for the Journal of Mormon History.

Citation:
Wikipedia, Nov. 9, 2010 (Boyd Petersen; Boyd Jay Petersen; b. 1962 in Provo, Utah; biographer of Hugh Nibley; professor at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University; served mission to France for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; married to Zina Nibley)

Utah Valley University website, Nov. 9, 2010 (Boyd J. Petersen; Boyd Petersen; background in Romanticism and Religious Studies; president of the Association for Mormon Letters, book review editor for the Journal of Mormon History)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Boyd Petersen papers, 1940-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7449 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the research materials of Boyd Petersen, pertaining specifically to his biography of Hugh Nibley.

Dates: 1940-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7449, Boyd Petersen papers

Boyd Petersen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7449
Scope and Contents Contains the research materials of Boyd Petersen, which include newspaper articles, oral histories, letters, and other related materials that he used to write the biography of Hugh Nibley. There is also correspondence of Hugh Nibley, some of his published works, articles about him, family papers, and other materials. There are also papers regarding the accusations that Martha Nibley Beck made against her father. These papers include email correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts of...
Dates: 1940-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Boyd Petersen papers

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