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Who is Karl Maeser and how did his story impact my BYU education?

Who is Karl Maeser and how did his story impact my BYU education?

(Eliza Anderson, Deseret News / Sources: Utah State Historical Society, Eustress, and Adobe Stock)


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A German immigrant and Latter-day Saint pioneer of humble beginnings, Karl G. Maeser has often been referred to as the "spiritual architect" of Brigham Young University.

Yet also of humble character, and it being many years since he lived, Maeser's story has quietly become lost to many of the approximately 35,000 students that enroll in the university each year.

How do I know this? Because I was one of them.

To read the full story go to Deseret.com.

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