John Newton Waddel (born
Willington, South Carolina
Willington is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 177 at the 2000 census.
History
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, April 2, 1812; died 1895) was the Chancellor of the
University of Mississippi
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from 1865 to 1874.
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Biography
Waddel was the son of
Moses Waddel and Eliza Woodson Waddel.
He was a graduate of the
University of Georgia
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, establ ...
(1829).
He worked as a cotton farmer in
Alabama
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, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
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, taught at the
Willington Academy in
South Carolina
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, and established the Montrose Academy in
Jasper County, Mississippi
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.
A
Presbyterian
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minister, he preached to the
Confederate Army during the
American Civil War
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.
He also taught at
Synodical College.
He then became the Chair of the Ancient Languages Department at the
University of Mississippi
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in
Oxford
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.
From 1865 to 1874, he served as its chancellor.
He resigned to become secretary of education for the Presbyterian Church of the United States.
Waddel was married to Martha A. Robertson in 1832.
Bibliography
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Memorials of academic life: being an historical sketch of the Waddel family, identified through three generations with the history of the higher education in the South and Southwest' (1891)
References
American Presbyterians
People from Willington, South Carolina
University of Georgia alumni
University of Mississippi people
Classical scholars of the University of Mississippi
1812 births
1895 deaths
People from Jasper County, Mississippi
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