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Archibald Fowler Bennett (March 17, 1896 – August 28, 1965) was a longtime employee of the Genealogical Society of Utah who was such a figure in the promotion of family history research in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that he became known as "Mr. Genealogy". ==Early life== Archibald Fowler Bennett was born to William David Bennett and Emma Neat on 17 March 1896 at Dingle, Bear Lake County, Idaho. In May 1899 his parents accepted a request from Lorenzo Snow to settle in southern Alberta, Canada, and work on the canal which was being built there. They travelled all of July in covered wagons and settled in Magrath. The family moved to Taber in 1907, where he graduated high school in 1914. After attending Normal School at Calgary, Alberta in 1915 and receiving a First-Class Teacher's Certificate, he taught in Neidpath, Marchessault and Barnwell. Bennett enlisted March 26, 1916 in the 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles after listening to a recruiting speech by Hugh B. Brown. He sailed for England in June and was transferred to the Fort Garry Horse in the Canadian Cavalry Brigade. He served in France from 1916 to May 1919, and was discharged in Winnipeg June 2. His father died October 24, 1916 while Bennett was overseas. When Bennett returned to Canada he taught school for one year in the Taber High School, and then in the Knight Academy in Raymond. He married Ella Milner on December 21, 1921 in the Salt Lake Temple. Bennett attended the University of Utah, working in the evenings in the office of the Superior Baking Co. In 1923, with about 500 others, he took the Civil Service Examination for Postal Clerk, and as he received the highest rating, was appointed a Clerk and worked full-time in the Money Order & Registry Division in the evenings. This greatly simplified the problem of financing his schooling and supporting his family. He graduated with a B.A. degree in 1925 and was elected to the National Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi. He went on to receive his M.A. in 1926 in History and Political Science. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald F. Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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