Talmage (1889-1956) followed his example and became a geologist. Īmong their children was John Talmage who wrote a biography of his father. FamilyĮlder Talmage married Mary May Booth on the Jin the Manti Utah Temple. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1896. degree from Lehigh University and he recieved a Ph.D. Though a special student and not a candidate for a degree, he passed during his single year of residence nearly all the examinations in the four-year course and later graduated and in 1883-1884 he was engaged in advanced work at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. His early predilection was for the sciences, and in 1882-1883 he took selected courses in chemistry and geology at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1881, Talmage received a collegiate diploma from the BYA Scientific Department, the first such diploma to be issued.

In Provo he studied the Normal Course at Brigham Young Academy, having as one of his teachers Karl G. Įlder Talmage moved with his family to Provo, Utah in 1877. In August of 1873 he was ordained a deacon. He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 10 on June 15, 1873. 8 Testimony of the Restored Gospel of Jesus ChristĮlder Talmage grew up in Hungerford, England.

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