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, articles, and essays. He specialized in Southern church history.

Partial list of books authored

 * Baseball and Richmond: A History of the Professional Game, 1884–2000, 2002 (with Scott P. Mayer)
 * Bedford County, Virginia, 1840–1860, 1985
 * Frontier Baptist Activities, 1780–1803, 1947
 * Historical Atlas of the Methodist Movement, 2009
 * History at the University of Richmond, 1991
 * Jimmie Foxx: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hall of Famer, 1907–1967, 2004
 * Practicing the Future Perfect: Ministry Practices and Communal Mission in the New Testament, 2004
 * River Road Church, Baptist: A History, 1945–1995, 1996
 * Southern Protestantism in the Confederacy, 1989
 * The University of Richmond, 1971–1999, 2000
 * Virginia Baptists, 1860–1902, 1987

Personal life
Daniel was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and attended New London Academy in Forest, Virginia. He later attended Lynchburg College, Vanderbilt University and Duke University. He was married to biologist Margaret Anne Daniel; they had one child, the professor, writer and editor Anne Margaret Daniel. He died at home at the age of 91, in Richmond, Virginia.