Earl Irvin West

Earl West
Born	Earl Irvin West May 18, 1920 Carmel, Indiana
Died	February 4, 2011 (aged 90) Memphis, Tennessee[1]
Nationality	USA
Education	Ph.D American History
Alma mater	Butler University Indiana University[1]
Occupation	Professor of church history
Years active	1949–2004
Organization	Harding School of Theology
Known for	American Restoration Movement history
Notable work	Search for the Ancient Order
Religion	Churches of Christ

Earl Irvin West (May 18, 1920, Carmel, Indiana – February 4, 2011, Memphis, Tennessee) was a historian of the Restoration Movement.^[2] He was known for his multivolume work Search for the Ancient Order, published incrementally from 1949 to 1993.^[3] He was baptized by Hugo McCord in 1935. A graduate of Butler University, he received his Ph.D in American History at Indiana University. Although he lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was the minister for two different congregations, he also served for many years as professor of church history at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee, now Harding School of Theology, commuting once a week to Memphis.^[1][4] West founded Religious Book Service.

Notes

1. "Earl West | February 4, 2011 | Obituary". Retrieved 2011-07-04.
2. Howard, Jim (April–June 2011). "Earl Irvin West: May 18, 1920 – February 4, 2011" (PDF). Magnolia Messenger (Kosciusko, Mississippi). p. 7. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
3. Search for the Ancient Order Volume 1 (1949), Volume 2 (1950), Volume 3 (1979), Volume 4 (1987); Trials of the Ancient Order (1993).
4. Meredith, Don (Spring 2011). "Campus mourns loss of Earl West". Bridge 51 (4) (Memphis, Tennessee: Harding School of Theology). pp. 1, 3.