Gilbert Woodrow Scharffs[1] (June 27, 1930 - February 26, 2015)[2][3] was a Latter-day Saint religious educator and author.
[10] His doctoral research was on the history of Mormons in Germany, where Scharffs had served as a missionary, and his dissertation was published by Deseret Book in 1970.
Historian Donald Q. Cannon considers Scharffs' dissertation as part of the "major scholarly contribution to the study of Mormon history" that occurred during the 1960s.
He was on the faculty of the Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah for 27 years,[12] having served as director following Reed C. Durham in 1974.
[17] Scharffs response to The God Makers is also available online at the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research's website.