Richard E. Turley Jr.

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Full Name	Richard E. Turley Jr.
Occupation	American Historian
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1956(1956-02-18)
Age	68
Birthplace	Fort Worth
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Aquarius

Richard E. Turley Jr. Biography

Richard E. Turley Jr. is one of the most popular and richest American historian who was born on February 18, 1956 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Richard Eyring Turley Jr., born February 18, 1956, is an American genealogist and historian. He was previously an assistant church historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and the managing director of its Public Affairs Department.

Turley was named Managing Director for the Historical Department in 1989. In 1996, he became Managing director of the Family History Department. Turley was also responsible for the launch of familysearch.org while he was in charge of the family history department.

Watching the case unfold in the press and in books, Turley felt misconceptions lingered from the media frenzy. To tell the story from the perspectives of the murder victims and the LDS Church (which Turley believed had been misrepresented) he published Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case in 1992 through the University of Illinois Press. Though he wrote the book without church direction, his trusted position granted him church leaders’ support and access to interviews, diaries, journals, memoranda, and other records.

In the department, Turley managed several notable electronic projects. FamilySearch, a massive genealogical database website, was launched in 1999. Other records were also released on CD-ROM, including the Freedman’s Bank (of African-American records), the Mormon Immigration Index, European Vital Records Indexes, and 1880s censuses, including the 1881 British Census, which won the Besterman/McColvin Award from the Library Association of Great Britain. For these efforts, and restoring several LDS historic sites, Turley received the Historic Preservation Medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2004.

Turley passed the Utah State Bar Examination and briefly practiced law before being hired by LDS Church in January 1986. To replace Earl Olson, he was appointed Assistant Managing Direct of the Historical Department.

Richard E. Turley Jr. Net Worth

Richard E. Turley Jr. is one of the richest American Historian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard E. Turley Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Turley met Shirley Swensen in high school, Salt Lake City, Utah. They would eventually marry in Salt Lake Temple, and they would have six children. Turley wanted to become a lawyer at his father’s insistence and an Institute of Religion teacher because of his personal interest in LDS Church History. Turley was an LDS missionary to Japan Tokyo Mission from 1975 to 1977.

Turley returned from Japan and studied at Brigham Young University as a Spencer W. Kimball Scholar. He received a B. A. in English in 1982. He was then editor of the J. Reuben Clark Law School’s law review at BYU and elected to the Order of the Coif. Turley was awarded the Hugh B. The Brown Barrister’s Award was given to the best classroom performance.

In 1992, Turley commented on how Mormon history can affect the faith of LDS Church members:

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More changes came to the department after Marlin K. Jensen became Church Historian in 2005. The department again staffed professional researchers, the Joseph Smith Papers Project sharply expanded, and a new Church History Library was announced.

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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular American historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard E. Turley Jr. celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.

For his contributions to public history while overseeing the church’s archives, records, museums, and historic sites, Turley was awarded the 2013 Herbert Feis Award from the American Historical Association.