Brigham Henry Roberts was born in Lancashire, England in 1857. He emigrated to Utah in 1866 and was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the following year. During his youth he worked as a farm hand, a miner, and a blacksmith. He attended the Deseret University in Salt Lake City, often walking the daily 20-mile round trip to his home in Centerville.
After teaching school for several years he entered the field of journalism and rose to the position of editor-in-chief of the Salt Lake "Herald." He filled a mission to the Southern States from 1880 to 1882, then returned to the Southern States the following year as mission president where he labored until 1886. He was then transferred to England where he labored as assistant editor of the Millennial Start until 1888.
Elder Roberts was called to be a member of the First Council of the seventy in October, 1888 and was ordained and set apart by President Lorenzo Snow.
During World War I Elder Roberts served as chaplain of the 145th Field Artillery, holding the rank of major. He was 1st Assistant in the General Superintendency of the YMMIA from 1918 to 1922, and then served as president of the Eastern States Mission. He died on September 27, 1933.
Elder Roberts has made significant contributions to the historical, biographical, and doctrinal literature of Mormonism. His books include the "Gospel," "Ecclesiastical History," "New Witness for God," "The Life of John Taylor," "Missouri Persecutions," "The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo," "Succession in the Presidency," and the six-volume "Comprehensive History of the Church."
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