Dates

• Existence: 1927 - 2018

Biographical History

Thomas S. Monson (1927-2018) was the sixteenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving from 2008-2018.

Citation:

His Pathways to perfection, 1973.

Wikipedia WWW site, February 12, 2008 (under Thomas S. Monson: Thomas Spencer Monson; born August 21, 1927, Salt Lake City, Utah; became 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, February 3, 2008)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, via WWW, Dec. 12, 2012 (served in the U.S. Navy during WWII; B.S., Business, University of Utah, 1948; M.B.A., Brigham Young University; worked for the Deseret News, served as president of the Canadian Mission, 1959-1962; became a general authority in the L.D.S. Church in 1963; lives in Salt Lake with his wife)

Deseret News, via WWW, January 3, 2017 (Thomas S. Monson, 1927-2018; President Thomas S. Monson, 16th prophet of the LDS Church, dies after a lifetime spent going 'to the rescue'; died on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 in his Salt Lake City home at age 90; born August 21, 1927 in Salt Lake City; he was an LDS bishop at age 22 and president of the faith's Canadian Mission at age 31; he was ordained an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 4, 1963)