Samuel Whitney Richards (1824–1909) was an early Latter-day Saint leader who served missions to Great Britain and held various church callings throughout his life.
His contributions to the Millennial Star and other publications explored the nature of prophets and revelation. He taught about the continuity of prophetic gifts and the importance of personal spiritual experience in understanding divine truth.
Richards was part of the generation that helped establish the Church in the Mountain West and contributed to the theological development of Latter-day Saint thought on ongoing revelation.