W. Harrison Daniel

Wilbon Harrison Daniel (September 25, 1922 – December 30, 2013) was a history professor at University of Richmond, Virginia Intermont College, Vanderbilt University and Duke University who authored numerous books. He specialized in Southern church history.[1]

Partial list of books authored

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Notes

His works have been cited heavily by other authors and writers, including historian Rhys Isaac,[3] historian Philip S. Foner,[4] University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Professor Emeritus Charles H. Lippy,[5] Princeton University Professor Emeritus John Frederick Wilson,[6] University of Mississippi professor Charles Reagan Wilson,[7] historian David Brion Davis,[8] and historian Charles Royster.[9] His biography of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player Jimmie Foxx was reviewed in the Journal of Sports History.[10]

Personal life

He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and attended New London Academy in Forest, Virginia. He later attended Lynchburg College, Vanderbilt University and Duke University.[11] He died in Richmond, Virginia.

References

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Evangelical Revolt: The Nature of the Baptists' Challenge to the Traditional Order in Virginia, 1765 to 1775
  4. ↑ History of Black Americans
  5. ↑ Bibliography of Religion in the South
  6. ↑ Church and State in America: The Colonial and early national periods
  7. ↑ Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920
  8. ↑ The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
  9. ↑ The Destructive War
  10. ↑ LA84.org
  11. ↑ History professor of 36 years dies at age 91
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