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.

[1] [2] 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.

He was married to biologist Margaret Anne Daniel; they had one child, the professor, writer and editor Anne Margaret Daniel.

[11] He died at home at the age of 91, in Richmond, Virginia.