David Edwin Harrell

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David Edwin Harrell
Born(1930-02-22)February 22, 1930
David Lipscomb College, B.A. 1954; Vanderbilt University, M.A. 1958, Ph.D. 1962
Occupation(s)Author, historian
Organizations
Known forScholarship of American religion
Spouse
Adelia Roberts
(m. 1956)
Children5

David Edwin Harrell Jr. (February 22, 1930 – March 15, 2021)[1] was an American historian best known for his scholarship of religion in the United States.

Harrell was born in

David Lipscomb College as an undergraduate, and Vanderbilt University as a graduate student. He received a Ph.D. in 1962.[2]

Harrell was a professor at Auburn University, where he served as the Breeden Eminent Scholar of Southern History.[3] He retired in 2006.[4] He wrote biographies of Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, and Homer Hailey, as well as other works about Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movement.[5] 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.[4]

Harrell died on March 15, 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Harrell, David Edwin, Jr. 1930–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ed Harrell". Former Professors. Auburn University Department of History. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  3. ^ McCoy, Janet (November 9, 1991). "Religious persecution". TimesDaily. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Garrison, Greg (March 18, 2006). "Textbook places an emphasis on faith". TimesDaily. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  5. ^ Banks, Adelle (July 9, 2010). "Biographer takes close look at many sides of Pat Robertson". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  6. ^ Garrison, Greg (15 March 2021). "Auburn University and UAB historian David Edwin Harrell dies". Al.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.