Edward L. Kimball

Edward Lawrence Kimball (September 23, 1930 – November 21, 2016) was an American scholar, lawyer, and historian who was a law professor at Brigham Young University (BYU).

Kimball was the son of Spencer W. Kimball, a president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and his wife, Camilla Eyring Kimball, and wrote notable biographies of his father. Mormon historians have described these as "well crafted" biographies.[1]

Life

Kimball was born in Arizona on September 23, 1930, and he suffered from polio as a child. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Netherlands.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in history and a law degree from the University of Utah. Kimball then went on to earn two further law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

As a lawyer, Kimball specialized in evidence law.[3] He also wrote a biography of Frank J. Remington. He also wrote on criminal cases in appellate courts.[4]

Kimball served in several positions in the LDS Church, including bishop.

Kimball married the Evelyn Bee Madsen (1929-2012) in 1954.[5][6] They had seven children.

Prior to joining the faculty of BYU, Kimball was a law professor and chairman of the Curriculum Committee at the University of Wisconsin Law School.[7] Kimball started his career as a law professor at the University of Montana, where he taught from 1956 to 1962. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin from 1962 to 1973. He was one of the founding faculty at BYU Law School from 1973 until 1995, when he was granted emeritus status.[8] Kimball was the inaugural holder of the Ernest L. Wilkinson Chair in the BYU law school.[9]

Kimball died in Provo, Utah on November 21, 2016 at the age of 86.[10]

Writings

Kimball's biography of his father has been listed among "60 Significant Mormon Biographies".[11] Lengthen Your Stride, his history of his father's church presidency, has also been widely recognized.

Kimball wrote an article on Henry Eyring and Harvey Fletcher published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.[12] Kimball served as the editor of his father's book Faith Precedes the Miracle. Kimball was also the compiler and editor of the widely cited work, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1982).

Kimball has published an in-depth study on the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood received by his father.[13][14] He has also written an article on the history of LDS Church temple admissions standards.[15]

Publications
  • Spencer W. Kimball, The Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (with Andrew E. Kimball, Jr.), Bookcraft, 1977.
  • Camilla: A Biography of Camilla Eyring Kimball. With Carolina Eyring Miner. Deseret Book, 1980.
  • Ed., The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball. Bookcraft, 1982.
  • The Story of Spencer W. Kimball, A Short Man, A Long Stride. with A. E. Kimball, Jr. Bookcraft, 1985.
  • Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball. Deseret Book, 2005.
  • Andrew Kimball: Father of a Prophet. Deseret Book, 2011.

Sources
  • Edward L. Kimball at the MLCA Database
  • Kimball, Edward L.; Farmer, Larry C.; Monson, D. Glade (1981). "Ability, Effort, and Performance among First-Year Law Students at Brigham Young University". American Bar Foundation Research Journal. 6 (3): 671–697. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.1981.tb00435.x. ISSN 0361-9486. JSTOR 828344.
  • Edward L. Kimball, "Spencer Kimball and Recharging the Battery", Ensign, December 1993, p. 22
  • Meridian Magazine bio of Kimball
  • Interview on Mormon Stories
  • BYU Magazine review of Lengthen Your Stride

References
  1. Walker, Ronald W.; Whittaker, David J.; Allen, James B. (2001). Mormon History. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780252026195. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  2. Carolina Eyring Miner and Edward L. Kimball. Camilla: A Biography of Camilla Eyring Kimball. (Salt Lake City: Desert Book, 1980) p. 111
  3. "State v. Smedley". www.utcourts.gov. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. Kimball, Edward L. (1965). "Criminal Cases in a State Appellate Court: Wisconsin 1839-1959". The American Journal of Legal History. 9 (2): 95–117. doi:10.2307/844269. ISSN 0002-9319. JSTOR 844269.
  5. "Miss Evelyn Madsen to be bride of Edward L. Kimball June 9". Deseret News. May 3, 1954. p. 12A.
  6. "Evelyn Bee Kimball". Legacy.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. Based on gargoyle_02_1_6[1].pdf with added support from the author bio included with Camilla, although the latter does not specify which University in Wisconsin Kimball was connected with.
  8. BYU Law bio of Kimball
  9. BYU law school list of chairs and professorships
  10. Stack, Peggy Fletcher (December 13, 2016). "Ed Kimball, who wrote warts-and-all biographies of his father, Mormon leader Spencer Kimball, dies". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  11. Biggs, Stephen C.; Burton, Gideon O. "60 Significant Mormon Biographies". Mormon Literature & Creative Arts. Brigham Young University Libraries. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.
  12. Kimball, Edward L. (1982). "Harvey Fletcher and Henry Eyring: Men of Faith and Science" (PDF). Dialogue. 15 (3).
  13. "Edward Kimball on the 1978 revelation". mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com. November 23, 2008.
  14. Kimball, Edward L. (2008). "Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood". BYU Studies Quarterly. 47 (2).
  15. "LDS Criticisms-- Bibliography". mormonfortress.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
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