Edward Henry Anderson (October 8, 1858 – February 1, 1928) was a missionary and local leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as a writer and editor.
The book is an account written sixteen years following Brigham Young's death in 1877.
[1] In addition to his biography of Brigham Young, Anderson also wrote A Brief History of the Church.
Andrew Jenson also included some of writings by Anderson in his Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia.
[2] Anderson served as the clerk of the LDS Church's general conference on several occasions in the 1910s and 1920s.