Richard Holton Cracroft

Background

Cracroft, Richard Holton was born on June 28, 1936 in Salt Lake City. Son of Ralph and Grace Darling (White) Cracroft.

Education

Bachelor in English, University Utah, 1961. Master of Arts in English and American Literature, University Utah, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in English and American Literature, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1969.

Career

Student instructor University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1961-1963. Instructor English Brigham Young University, Provo, 1963-1966. Graduate instructor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1969.

From assistant professor English to associate professor English Brigham Young University, Provo, 1969-1974, professor English, 1974-2001, professor emeritus English, since 2001, department chair English, 1975-1980, dean College Humanities, 1981-1986, Nan Osmond Grass Professor English, 1999-2001, director, American studies, 1989—1993. Director Center for Study of Christian Values in Literature, 1994—2001. With Utah National Guard--in Hospital.

Director Center for Study of Christian Values in Literature, Brigham Young University, Provo, 1993-2001. Board judges David Evans Biography Prize, Logan, Utah, 1983-2001, Orton Prize for Mormon Letters, Salt Lake City, 1991-2001.

Achievements

• Richard Holton Cracroft has been listed as a noteworthy English literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A believing people; literature of the Latter-Day Saints

    (Book by Cracroft, Richard H.)

  • Washington Irving, the Western works (Boise State University western writers series)

Views

Death is not the end. Death is really a beginning—another step forward in Heavenly Father’s plan for His children.

Membership

Bishop, stake president, mission president Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing, gardening, leading tours of Western Europe.

Connections

Married Janice Marie Alger, September 17, 1959. Children: Richard Alger, Jeffrey Ralph, Jennifer Cracroft Lewis.

Father:

Ralph Cracroft

Mother:

Grace Darling (White) Cracroft

Spouse:

Janice Marie Alger

child:

Jeffrey Ralph Cracroft

child:

Richard Alger Cracroft

child:

Jennifer Cracroft Lewis Cracroft