John Newton Waddel was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1865 to 1874.[1]
He was a graduate of the University of Georgia.[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.[2] He then became the Chair of the Ancient Languages Department at the University of Mississippi.[1] From 1865 to 1874, he served as its chancellor.[1][2] He resigned to become secretary of education for the Presbyterian Church of the United States.[1]
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