David F. Boone is an American professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU).
He largely specializes in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the Southern and Southwestern United States.
He was a Mormon missionary in Southern California, and then went to study at BYU.
[3] He was also a major contributor to the Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History.
He has also written an article on the LDS Church in Britain during World War II.