After serving a three-year LDS mission in Germany, with another short-term stint in the Northern States Hugh Winder Nibley graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history at UCLA in 1934 and a doctorate in classics at Berkeley in 1938; taught college at Claremont, Calif. Joined Army in 1942; military intelligence officer with 101st Airborne Division. Landed at Utah Beach on D-Day. Married Phyllis Anne Hawkes Draper on Sept. 18, 1946 (eight children). In 1946 he began his career at Brigham Young University teaching history, religion and language. Retired from BYU in 1975 but continued to teach until 1994. Works include several full-length books, scholarly papers and doctrinal treatises. Nibley applied his cultural insights and linguistic knowledge (he was "comfortable" with German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Old Norse, Hebrew, Coptic, and Egyptian) to studying ancient parallels with the doctrines and rituals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was considered by many to be the foremost Mormon apologist.
After serving a three-year LDS mission in Germany, with another short-term stint in the Northern States Hugh Winder Nibley graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history at UCLA in 1934 and a doctorate in classics at Berkeley in 1938; taught college at Claremont, Calif. Joined Army in 1942; military intelligence officer with 101st Airborne Division. Landed at Utah Beach on D-Day. Married Phyllis Anne Hawkes Draper on Sept. 18, 1946 (eight children). In 1946 he began his career at Brigham Young University teaching history, religion and language. Retired from BYU in 1975 but continued to teach until 1994. Works include several full-length books, scholarly papers and doctrinal treatises. Nibley applied his cultural insights and linguistic knowledge (he was "comfortable" with German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Old Norse, Hebrew, Coptic, and Egyptian) to studying ancient parallels with the doctrines and rituals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was considered by many to be the foremost Mormon apologist.
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