David Edwin Harrell

David Edwin Harrell
Born	(1930-02-22)February 22, 1930 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Died	March 15, 2021(2021-03-15) (aged 91)
Education	David Lipscomb College, B.A. 1954; Vanderbilt University, M.A. 1958, Ph.D. 1962
Occupation(s)	Author, historian
Organizations	American Historical Association American Society of Church History Organization of American Historians Disciples of Christ Historical Society American Academy of Religion Southern Historical Association
Known for	Scholarship of American religion
Spouse	Adelia Roberts ​ (m. 1956)​
Children	5

David Edwin Harrell Jr. (February 22, 1930 – March 15, 2021) 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). He attended David Lipscomb College as an undergraduate, and Vanderbilt University as a graduate student. He received a Ph.D. in 1962.

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

Harrell died on March 15, 2021.