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Lorenzo Snow

Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1901)

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Born
April 3, 1814
Died
October 10, 1901
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1814

About Lorenzo Snow

Lorenzo Snow was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1898 until his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in the 19th century and the first in the 20th. Snow received his final year of education at Oberlin College, which was founded by two Presbyterian ministers. Snow recorded that he heard the Book of Mormon being read aloud in his home in Mantua and met Smith at Hiram in 1831. Snow became seriously ill with a fever, and was nursed for several weeks by his sister, Eliza.

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The world when Lorenzo Snow was born

Lorenzo Snow was born in 1814. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBritish burn Washington D.C.
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical steam locomotive for railways
  • World population~970M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.1M

1814 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lorenzo Snow's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18142026
Population8.1M341 million

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