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Hugh Nibley
| Hugh Nibley | |
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| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Hugh Winder Nibley |
| Born | 27 March 1910 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | 24 February 2005 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Latter-day Saints |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 19160134 |
| Rank | Private |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 7 (15 April – 12 June 1943) |
| Section | 6 |
| Enlisted | Los Angeles, California |
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Nibley was born in Portland, Oregon, and his family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1921, where Nibley attended middle school and high school. Nibley served an LDS mission in Germany, where he learned German. After his mission, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he graduated in 1934. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 1938. He taught various subjects at Claremont Colleges until he enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, where he was trained as an intelligence officer as one of the Ritchie Boys.
Biography
Nibley was born in Portland, Oregon, and his family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1921, where Nibley attended middle school and high school.
After his mission, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he graduated in 1934. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 1938. He taught various subjects at Claremont Colleges until he enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, where he was trained as an intelligence officer as one of the Ritchie Boys.
Nibley became a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1946, where he taught foreign languages and Christian church history.
Nibley published multiple series of articles in the Improvement Era as well as An Approach to the Book of Mormon, which was the lesson manual for Melchizedek priesthood lessons in 1957. He continued to study Egyptian and Coptic, and became the figurehead of the Institute for Ancient Studies at BYU in 1973. Around the time of Nibley's death in 2005, his daughter Martha Beck published a memoir where she claimed to have recovered repressed memories of Nibley sexually abusing her.
Nibley served an LDS mission in Germany, where he learned German. Nibley also published a response to the Joseph Smith Papyri as well as other articles on the Pearl of Great Price. In addition to Nibley's church publications, he also published social commentary, often aimed at LDS culture.
Nibley's work is controversial. Salmon have argued that the parallels Nibley finds between ancient culture and LDS works are selective or imprecise. Nibley's defenders like Louis C.
Ricks argue that his parallels are meaningful. Hugh Nibley's son Alex organized a documentary on Hugh entitled Faith of an Observer. Hugh Nibley's complete works were published jointly by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and Deseret Book.
Immediate family members and some book reviewers of Beck's memoirs considered her claims to be false.
During his professorship, Nibley wrote articles for scholarly publications and for official LDS Church publications.
Research notes
- Also PG Class 6 GerOB
- OB 5;81
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 95 |
| Nara ASN | 19160134 |
| Nara Name | NIBLEY HUGH |
| Nara State | 91 |
| Nara County | 37 |
| Nara POE | 9141 |
| Nara DOE | 280942 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Grade Code | 8 |
| Nara Branch Alpha | BI |
| Nara Branch Code | 0 |
| Branch | Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA |
| Nara Term or Enlistment | 5 |
| Term of enlistment | Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law |
| Defer. Date | 0 |
| Nara Source | 0 |
| Nara Nativity | 95 |
| Nativity.1 | OREGON |
| Nara Year of Birth | 10 |
| Nara Race | 1 |
| Nara Race Description | White citizen |
| Nara Education | 8 |
| Nara Civilian Occupation | 31 |
| Nara Marital Status | 6 |
| Nara Height (inches) | 67 |
| Nara Weight (lbs) | 139 |
| Class_ASN | 19160134 |
| Class_Name | NIBLEY, Hugh |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
| Census_HISTID | 9E422AF9-5836-4237-82F1-7412712A06C8 |
| Census_State | CALIFORNIA |
| Census_Relate | Other non-relatives |
| Census_Sex | Male |
| Census_Age | 30 |
| Census_BirthYear | 1910 |
| Census_Marital | Never married/single |
| Census_Race | White |
| Census_BPL | OREGON |
| Census_MBPL | 0 |
| Census_FBPL | 0 |
| Census_Educ | 5+ years of college |
| Census_OCC | 6 |
Sources
- Wikipedia: Hugh Nibley
- Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)