John Newton Waddel (born Willington, South Carolina, April 2, 1812; died 1895) was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1865 to 1874. [1]
Waddel was the son of Moses Waddel and Eliza Woodson Waddel. [2] [3] He was a graduate of the University of Georgia (1829). [1] He worked as a cotton farmer in Alabama, taught at the Willington Academy in South Carolina, and established the Montrose Academy in Jasper County, Mississippi. [1] A Presbyterian minister, he preached to the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. [1] He also taught at Synodical College. [4] He then became the Chair of the Ancient Languages Department at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. [1] [5] [6] From 1865 to 1874, he served as its chancellor. [1] [4] [7] He resigned to become secretary of education for the Presbyterian Church of the United States. [1] [8]
Waddel was married to Martha A. Robertson in 1832. [3]