Lorenzo Snow

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1814-1901)
Person human Q635520

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
April 3, 1814
Date of death
October 10, 1901
Place of birth
Portage County, Mantua[10]
Place of death
Salt Lake City
Country of citizenship
United States[15]
Father
Oliver Snow III[12]
Mother
Rosetta Lenora Snow (Pettibone)[13]
Child
Celestia Armada Snow[14]
Cause of death
pneumonia[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[30]
Family name
Snow[21]
Given name
Lorenzo[22]
Manner of death
natural causes[23]
Name in native language
Lorenzo Snow[27]
Number of children
+42[28]
Place of burial
Brigham City Cemetery[11]
Writing language
English[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Elder Lorenzo Snow en Lorenzo Snow ar لورينزو سنو he לורנצו סנואו ru Лоренцо Сноу ru Сноу, Лоренцо zh 朗卓·舒
🔖 Identifiers · 27
VIAF cluster ID
55519944
Library of Congress authority ID
n83042729
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lorenzo Snow 2.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
0801425
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15151295c
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02202665
DDB person (GND) ID
1145799906
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Lorenzo-Snow
FAST ID
110669
Find a Grave memorial ID
6258700
Show all 27 identifiers +15
Freebase ID
/m/028ch4
GeneaStar person ID
snowl
Geni.com profile ID
6000000007240404580
Goodreads author ID
655770
IxTheo authority ID
1006926429
Latter-day Saint Literature database artist ID (archived)
lorenzo-snow
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007381439005171
Open Library ID
OL1353450A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
20117
Prabook ID
1057747
SNAC ARK ID
w67082fp
Utah History Encyclopedia ID
s/SNOW_LORENZO
WikiTree person ID
Snow-1406
WorldCat Entities ID
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Place of birth 2
Cause of death 1
Country of citizenship 1
Described by source 1
Educated at 1
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Given name 1
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Manner of death 1
Named after 1
Place of death 1
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Summary

Lorenzo Snow was born on April 3, 1814[1], in Portage County[2]. He died on October 10, 1901[3], in Salt Lake City[4]. He worked as a presbyter[5], politician[6], writer[7], missionary[8], and prophet[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Lorenzo Snow include Snowville[31], a town in the United States[32], in United States[33], founded in 1871[34].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Lorenzo Snow include Snowville[31], a town in the United States[32], in United States[33], founded in 1871[34].

FAQs

Where was Lorenzo Snow born?

Lorenzo Snow's place of birth was Portage County[2].

Where did Lorenzo Snow die?

Lorenzo Snow passed away in Salt Lake City[4].

Who were Lorenzo Snow's parents?

Lorenzo Snow's father was Oliver Snow III[12]. Lorenzo Snow's mother was Rosetta Lenora Snow (Pettibone)[13].

What did Lorenzo Snow do for work?

Lorenzo Snow worked as a presbyter[5], politician[6], writer[7], missionary[8], and prophet[9].

Where did Lorenzo Snow go to school?

Lorenzo Snow was educated at Oberlin College[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Latter-day Saint Literature database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . Latter-day Saint Literature database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Latter-day Saint Literature database. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 6d ago · Erblanchard57 · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormonism
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Religion or worldview: Mormonism"
  2. 15w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → presbyter, politician, writer +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43072|batch #43072]]: substitute P214 reference with P227 reference (1)"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → presbyter, politician, writer +2
    Religion or worldview → The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormonism
    Citizenship → —
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