John Newton Waddel (born

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, April 2, 1812; died 1895) was the Chancellor of the

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from 1865 to 1874.Ole Miss biography

Biography

Waddel was the son of Moses Waddel and Eliza Woodson Waddel. He was a graduate of the

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(1829). He worked as a cotton farmer in

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, taught at the Willington Academy in

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, and established the Montrose Academy in

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. A

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minister, he preached to the Confederate Army during the

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. He also taught at Synodical College. He then became the Chair of the Ancient Languages Department at the

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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 {{US-academic-administrator-1810s-stub