Talk:Doctor Philastus Hurlbut

Name
Is this person's given name really "Doctor", or is that a title? If a title, it should not be part of the name. I don't know much about him and the article was a bit ambiguous about his given names. -SESmith 10:46, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * His given name is actually "Doctor" (it had something to do with being the seventh son of a seventh son I believe) - he wasn't really a doctor at all. There are references to support this - I'll have to dig one of them up. However, the title of the article will obviously continue to cause confusion if we move it back to "Doctor Philastus Hurlbut." Perhaps we should move it to "D. Philastus Hurlbut?" Bochica 14:03, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It should probably be moved back to Doctor Philastus Hurlbut and then a footnote added to the name "Doctor" explaining right off the bat that this was his given name. In all references I've seen the full name is used, not "Philastus Hurlbut". Snocrates 09:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

The following might help;

"In an editorial, Oliver Cowdery warned readers that Hurlbut had been exploiting his given name "Doctor" in an effort to give his actions an air of authority: "We have not, till now, thought this man worthy a notice in our paper, neither would he at this time [have] been noticed by us were it not to undeceive those at a distance who are unacquainted with him and may be deceived in consequence of the above title, of Doctor." "

From: The Mythical "Manuscript Found" Matthew Roper FARMS Review: Volume - 17, Issue - 2, Pages: 7—140 A review of "Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Spalding Enigma" by Wayne L. Cowdrey, Howard A. Davis, and Arthur Vanick Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 2005

Personally, I think it should read 'Doctor (given name, not title) Philastus Hurlbut[1]' as the footnote might lead to the assumption that it references what he had earned his doctorate(s) in.

173.180.112.66 (talk) 09:32, 13 July 2010 (UTC)Canadiandy

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