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Willard Richards
Recorder of a report of Joseph Smith’s discourse of 10 March 1844.
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William Aspinwall
fl. 1648–1662
Fifth Monarchist writer, formerly of New England, who set 1673 as the latest end of Antichrist’s dominion.
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William Clayton
Journal keeper who recorded Joseph Smith’s instructions at Ramus in April 1843.
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William H. Harrison
London author and publisher of Mother Shipton Investigated (1881).
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William McElwee Miller
English translator of al-Hilli’s treatise with al-Miqdad’s commentary.
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William Miller
Author of the retrospective account of his expectations for Christ’s return and the dates he accepted.
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William W. Malandra
Provides a scholarly interpretation of the Zamyad Yasht selection.
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William W. Phelps
Latter-day Saint printer and writer who wrote from Kirtland to his wife Sally in Missouri in 1835 and 1836.
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William Whiston
1667–1752
English mathematician and theologian who dated Christ’s kingdom to 1716 in 1706 and later revised his dates to 1764 and 1766.
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Wovoka
The Ghost Dance source records teachings attributed to Wovoka.
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Xu Anguo
Zhen-trigram teacher of Changyuan in the Eight Trigrams (Tianli) sect, who told his followers the White Yang kalpa would arrive after the ninth month of 1813.
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Yahya ibn Ziyad al-Farra
Author of Maani al-Quran. The selected Arabic commentary discusses Qur’an 43:61.
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Zadspram
Attributed compiler of the Middle Persian Selections of Zadspram.
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Zenas H. Gurley
Early Reorganization leader whose retrospective testimony connects a vision with Isaiah.
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‘Abd-ul-Qádir Badáóní
1540–c.1615
Mughal court historian whose Muntakhab-ut-Tawáríkh reports millennial and Mahdist claims at Akbar’s court.