---
title: "1 Richard Bushman Quotes - Famous Historian"
description: "American historian and academic (born 1931)... | Richard Lyman Bushman is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at C..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b131/author-richard-bushman-272530.jpg"
---

![Portrait of Richard Bushman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b131/author-richard-bushman-272530.jpg)

# Richard Bushman

(1931)   Historian

 **1** quotes in **16** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Richard Bushman is a historian.

## Quick Facts About Richard Bushman

Born June 20, 1931

Profession Historian

## About Richard Bushman

American historian and academic (born 1931)... \| Richard Lyman Bushman is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, having previously taught at Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Delaware. Bushman is the author of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone R

##  Quotes by Richard Bushman

> [Early readers assumed the Book of Mormon people ranged up and down North and South America from upstate New York to Chili.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bushman/early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon-people-ranged-up-and-down/)

[Richard Bushman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/)

[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/richard-bushman-272530_america_early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon_940424.png)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/#itemlist",
            "name": "Richard Bushman Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Early readers assumed the Book of Mormon people ranged up and down North and South America from upstate New York to Chili. A close reading of the text reveals it cannot sustain such an expansive geography.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Richard Bushman"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bushman/early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon-people-ranged-up-and-down/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/richard-bushman-272530_america_early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon_940424.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/richard-bushman-272530_america_early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon_940424.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/richard-bushman-272530_america_early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon_940424.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Early readers assumed the Book of Mormon people ranged up and down North and South America from upstate New…” — Richard Bushman",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/#person",
            "name": "Richard Bushman",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/",
            "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b131/author-richard-bushman-272530.jpg",
            "description": "American historian and academic (born 1931)... | Richard Lyman Bushman is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, having previously taught at Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Delaware. Bushman is the author of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone R"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/",
            "name": "Richard Bushman",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/richard-bushman-272530_america_early-readers-assumed-the-book-of-mormon_940424.png"
            },
            "description": "American historian and academic (born 1931)... | Richard Lyman Bushman is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at C...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Richard Bushman",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bushman/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```