Joseph Smith

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founder of religion human religious leader

Joseph Smith was the 19th-century American religious leader who founded the Latter-day Saint movement and is regarded by its followers as a prophet.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Joseph Smith—History	1
Joseph Smith—Matthew	1
Signature of Joseph Smith.svg	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founder of religion ⓘ human ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
canonizedScriptureIn	Community of Christ ⓘ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound ⓘ
claimedRevelationFrom	the Father ⓘ surface form: God the Father Jesus Christ ⓘ angel Moroni ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1805-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1844-06-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English American ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
father	Joseph Smith Sr. ⓘ
founded	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) ⓘ surface form: Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ surface form: Latter Day Saint movement
givenName	Joseph ⓘ
hasOccupation	author ⓘ prophet (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ publisher ⓘ religious leader ⓘ theologian ⓘ
hasParticularReligionRole	prophet in Latter Day Saint theology ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	homicide ⓘ
mother	Lucy Mack Smith ⓘ
movement	Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ surface form: Latter Day Saint movement
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableWork	Articles of Faith ⓘ Book of Mormon ⓘ Doctrine and Covenants ⓘ Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible ⓘ King Follett discourse ⓘ Lectures on Faith ⓘ Wentworth Letter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Sharon, Vermont, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Carthage, Illinois, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ surface form: Latter Day Saint movement
residence	Far West, Missouri, United States ⓘ Kirtland, Ohio, United States ⓘ Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Nauvoo, Illinois, United States Palmyra, New York, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Don Carlos Smith ⓘ Hyrum Smith ⓘ Katharine Smith ⓘ Lucy Smith ⓘ Malissa Smith ⓘ Samuel H. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophronia Smith ⓘ William Smith ⓘ
signatureImage	Joseph Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Signature of Joseph Smith.svg
spouse	Emma Hale Smith ⓘ
subjectOf	Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ surface form: Mormonism
translatedFrom	golden plates ⓘ
vision	First Vision ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pearl of Great Price → author → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Doctrine and Covenants → compiledBy → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Pearl of Great Price → compiler → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Pearl of Great Price → containsWork → Joseph Smith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Smith—Matthew

Pearl of Great Price → containsWork → Joseph Smith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Smith—History

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints → followsProphet → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) → followsTeachingsOf → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Joseph Smith → fullName → Joseph Smith ⓘ

John Howland → hasDescendant → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Independence Temple Lot → originalDesignationBy → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) → originatesFromTeachingsOf → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Doctrine and Covenants → primaryAuthor → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Joseph Smith → signatureImage → Joseph Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Signature of Joseph Smith.svg

Latter-day Saint movement churches → tracesTo → Joseph Smith ⓘ

Book of Mormon → translator → Joseph Smith ⓘ