Kirkham, Francis W. (Francis Washington), 1877-1972
Variant namesAuthor, professor and student at Brigham Young Academy and University.
From the description of Oral history interview, Nov. 4, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367390571
Mormon businessman and author.
From the description of Letters received, 1897-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497400
Mormon author and businessman.
From the description of Letter, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497390
Author and President of Utah Cooperative Life Insurance Association.
From the description of Letters, 1943-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645119
From the guide to the Francis W. Kirkham letters, 1943-1960, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
Mormon author and educator who lived in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah.
From the description of Correspondence, 1891-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86171785
Mormon author.
From the description of Correspondence, 1915-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435072
Author, educator, and missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand.
From the description of Diaries, 1893-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367425198
Educator and author; student at BYA.
From the description of Francis Kirkham oral history interview, Feb. 3, 1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367562501
Francis W. Kirkham (1877-1972) was an educator and businessman in Utah.
Francis Washington Kirkham was born in 1877 in Lehi, Utah. He is known as a prominent educator as well as the author of "New Witness for the Christ in America: Evidence of Divine Power in the 'Coming Forth' of the Book of Mormon." At the young age of fifteen, Kirkham studied business under James E. Talmage, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kirkham attended Brigham Young Academy; however, his studies were placed on hold for three years while he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. His mission inspired him to write a grammar book to help new missionaries learn the Maori language. In 1901, Francis W. Kirkham was married in the Salt Lake City Temple to Martha Alzina Robinson. He also returned to Brigham Young Academy (BYU), graduating in 1904 as valedictorian. After graduating from BYA, Kirkham worked as a businessman in Canada for three years. He later attended the University of Michigan for his bachelors degree, following which he taught at Brigham Young University for two years. Francis W. Kirkham decided to enroll in law school at the University of Utah where he was in the law school's first graduating class. He continued his graduate studies at Stanford and went on to earn his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley. For a period of time Francis W. Kirkham served as the president of the LDS Business College, the head of vocational education for the State of Utah and the superintendent of the Granite School District. While serving as the superintendent of the Granite School District he wrote the book "Educating all the Children of all the People." The book gained him national recognition and led to Kirkham being appointed the head of the New York City-based National Child Welfare Association. During his time in New York, Kirkham studeied the Book of Mormon in depth as he had greater access to resources within the area. He published a compilation of these works in 1937 entitled "Source Material on the Book of Mormon" which was the main basis for his book "A New Witness..." Kirkham later also worked as a manager for a Salt Lake City-based insurance company for several years. Francis W. Kirkham died in 1972.
From the guide to the Francis W. Kirkham papers, circa 1877-1972, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
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Birth 1877-01-08
Death 1972-09-14