Nathan Wetherell

Who was Nathan Wetherell?

Nathan Wetherell D.D. 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.

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. He supported anti-Calvinism, along with David Durell and Thomas Randolph. Wetherell was a longtime friend of Samuel Johnson.