David Edwin Harrell

{{Short description|American academic and historian (1930–2021)}}
{{Infobox person
| name =         David Edwin Harrell
| birth_date =   {{birth date|1930|02|22}}
| birth_place =  [[Jacksonville, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date =   {{death date and age|2021|03|15|1930|02|22}}
| education =    [[David Lipscomb College]], B.A. 1954; [[Vanderbilt University]], M.A. 1958, Ph.D. 1962
| known_for =    Scholarship of American religion
| occupation =   Author, historian
| organization = {{hlist|[[American Historical Association]]|[[American Society of Church History]]|[[Organization of American Historians]]|[[Disciples of Christ Historical Society]]|[[American Academy of Religion]]|[[Southern Historical Association]]}}
| spouse =       {{marriage|Adelia Roberts|September 6, 1956}}
| children =     5
}}
'''David Edwin Harrell Jr.''' (February 22, 1930 – March 15, 2021)<ref name=enc>{{cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/harrell-david-edwin-jr-1930 |title=Harrell, David Edwin, Jr. 1930– |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=June 19, 2020 }}</ref> was an American historian best known for his scholarship of [[religion in the United States]].

Harrell was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] to parents David Edwin (a physician) and Mildred Lee Harrell (a homemaker).<ref name="enc" /> He attended [[David Lipscomb College]] as an undergraduate, and [[Vanderbilt University]] as a graduate student. He received a Ph.D. in 1962.<ref name="aud">{{cite web|title=Ed Harrell|url=http://cla.auburn.edu/history/people/retired/ed-harrell|access-date=June 2, 2015|work=Former Professors|publisher=Auburn University Department of History}}</ref>

Harrell was a professor at [[Auburn University]], where he served as the Breeden Eminent Scholar of Southern History.<ref name="td2">{{cite news|last=McCoy|first=Janet|title=Religious persecution|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMQhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1655,1287500&dq=david-edwin-harrell+eminent&hl=en|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=TimesDaily|date=November 9, 1991}}</ref> He retired in 2006.<ref name="td" /> He wrote biographies of [[Oral Roberts]], [[Pat Robertson]], and [[Homer Hailey]], as well as other works about [[Pentecostalism]] and the [[Charismatic movement]].<ref name="thc">{{cite news|last=Banks|first=Adelle|title=Biographer takes close look at many sides of Pat Robertson|url=http://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Biographer-takes-close-look-at-many-sides-of-Pat-1701809.php|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle|date=July 9, 2010}}</ref> In 2006, he published ''Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People'', a college textbook that discusses the effects of religion in the history of the United States.<ref name="td">{{cite news|last=Garrison|first=Greg|title=Textbook places an emphasis on faith|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vP0hAAAAIBAJ&pg=3028,2477931&dq=david-edwin-harrell&hl=en|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=TimesDaily|date=March 18, 2006}}</ref>

Harrell died on March 15, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/03/auburn-university-and-uab-historian-david-edwin-harrell-dies.html|title=Auburn University and UAB historian David Edwin Harrell dies|first=Greg|last=Garrison|work=Al.com|date=15 March 2021|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:21st-century American historians]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt University alumni]]
[[Category:Lipscomb University alumni]]
[[Category:Auburn University faculty]]
[[Category:Educators from Nashville, Tennessee]]
[[Category:People from Auburn, Alabama]]
[[Category:Writers from Jacksonville, Florida]]
[[Category:20th-century American historians]]
[[Category:20th-century American male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century American male writers]]
[[Category:American male non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Historians from Tennessee]]
[[Category:Historians from Alabama]]
[[Category:Historians from Florida]]
[[Category:American textbook writers]]
[[Category:American historians of religion]]
[[Category:American members of the Churches of Christ]]


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