Hugh W. Nibley
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| Born |
Hugh Winder Nibley March 27, 1910 Portland, Oregon |
| Died | February 24, 2005 (aged 94) Provo, Utah |
| Nationality | American |
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| Occupation | Scholar, historian, author, professor |
| Home town | Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Phyllis Nibley |
| Children | 8 |
Hugh Winder Nibley (March 27, 1910 – February 24, 2005) was an American author, Mormon apologist, and professor at Brigham Young University (BYU). His apologist works, while not official positions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), are highly regarded within the LDS community and mainly attempt to support the archaeological, linguistic, and historical claims of Joseph Smith.
A prolific author and professor of Biblical and Mormon scripture at BYU, he was considered a polyglot. Nibley wrote and lectured on LDS scripture and doctrinal topics, publishing many articles in LDS Church magazines.
Hugh Nibley was born in Portland, Oregon, son of Alexander Nibley and Agnes Sloan. Among their other sons were Sloan Nibley, Richard Nibley, and Reid N. Nibley. Their father Alexander was the son of Charles W. Nibley, Presiding Bishop of the church and later member of the First Presidency. Alexander's mother, wife of Charles, was Rebecca Neibaur. Rebecca was the daughter of Alexander Neibaur, a Jewish native of Alsace who had moved to England and converted to Mormonism. She later emigrated to America. Alexander Nibley served as mission president of the Netherlands in 1906 and 1907.
At 17, Nibley served an LDS mission in Germany for two-and-a-half years, from 1927 to 1930. Nibley's memoirs, edited by his son, state as he departed for his mission, LDS Apostle Melvin Ballard told the missionaries to warn the Germans to repent or they would be burnt by fire. A woman in Karlsruhe was so angry at hearing this prophecy from Nibley that she chased him with a butcher's cleaver. When Nibley returned in 1945, he found many German cities had been destroyed, including the butcher's shop.
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