Background
Talmage, James Edward was born on September 21, 1862 in Hungerford, Berkshire, England. Son of James J. and Susannah (Preater) Talmage.
Talmage, James Edward was born on September 21, 1862 in Hungerford, Berkshire, England. Son of James J. and Susannah (Preater) Talmage.
Emigrated, 1876, family having embraced faith of Latter-Day Saints. Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Utah, 1876-1882. Lehigh University, 1882-1883.
Johns Hopkins, 1883-1884. Bachelor of Science, Lehigh, 1891. Doctor of Philosophy., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1896.
Honorary Doctor of Science and Didactics, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1890. Honorary Doctor of Science, Lehigh, 1912. Doctor of Laws, Brigham Young U. and University of Utah, 1922.
Professor chemistry and geology, Brigham Young Academy, 1884-1888. President Latter-Day Saints College, Salt Lake City, 1888-1893. President University of Utah, 1894-1897.
Resigned presidency, 1897, retaining chair of geology. Resigned professorship, July 1907. Ordained one of twelve apostles Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, December 1911.
Delaware from Royal Society of Edinburgh to International Geological Congress, St. Petersburg, 1897. Author: First Book of Nature, 1888. Domestic Science, 1891.
The Articles of Faith, 1899. The Book of Mormon, an Account of Its Origin, etc., 1899. Tables for Blowpipe Determination of Minerals, 1899.
The Great Salt Lake, Present and Past, 1900. The Story of Mormonism, 1907. The Great Apostasy, 1909.
The House of the Lord, 1912. The Philosophy of Mormonism, 1914. Jesus the Christ, 1915.
The Vitality of Mormonism, 1919. Home: Salt Lake City, Utah.
Author: First Book of Nature, 1888. Domestic Science, 1891. The Articles of Faith, 1899.The Book of Mormon, an Account of Its Origin, etc., 1899. Tables for Blowpipe Determination of Minerals, 1899. The Great Salt Lake, Present and Past, 1900.The Story of Mormonism, 1907. The Great Apostasy, 1909. The House of the Lord, 1912.The Philosophy of Mormonism, 1914. Jesus the Christ, 1915. The Vitality of Mormonism, 1919.
Married Mary May Booth, June 14, 1888. Children: Sterling Booth, Paul Booth, Zella (deceased), Elsie, James Karl, Lucile, Helen May, John Russell.