Andrew Jenson

Andrew Jenson (1850-1941) was a Danish-born Mormon historian and Assistant Church Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over his 65-year career, he authored 27 books, compiled 650 manuscript histories, wrote over 5,000 biographical sketches and 2,000 newspaper articles, and traveled over one million miles to gather Latter-day Saint history globally. He reformed institutional record-keeping, expanded the church's archive, and translated key religious texts into Danish.