Nathan_Wetherell

Nathan Wetherell

Nathan Wetherell

English theologian and academic administrator

For the English cricketer, see Nathan Wetherell (cricketer).

Nathan Wetherell D.D. (1726–1808) was an academic administrator at the University of Oxford. He was Dean of Hereford, Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.[1][2]

Nathan Wetherell was originally from Durham.

As Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, he set up the Oxford Paving Commission in 1771 to supervise paving, cleaning and lighting in the city of Oxford.[3] He supported anti-Calvinism, along with David Durell and Thomas Randolph.[4] Wetherell was a longtime friend of Samuel Johnson.

A memorial to Wetherell was erected in University College Chapel at Oxford University sculpted by John Flaxman.[5]

Family

Wetherell was married to Richarda Croke (1743?–1812), sister of Sir Alexander Croke, of Studley Priory, Oxfordshire. His third son was the judge and Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Wetherell (1770–1846).[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Vice-Chancellors from the year 1660". The Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1817. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. [3]
    M. G. Brock & M. C. Curthoys, Nineteenth-century Oxford, page 445.
  4. [4]
    Nicholas Tyacke, Aspects of English Protestantism, C. 1530–1700, page 24.
  5. [5]
    Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.150
  6. [6]
    David Wetherell, In the double character of politician and divine: Nathan Wetherell and his son Charles at Oxford, 1770–1846, History of Education Review, Volume 32, Number 1, 2003.
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