Sir Daniel Norman Chester, CBE (27 October 1907 – 20 September 1986) was a British political economist and academic administrator.
He was the son of Daniel Chester, who sold cotton, and his wife Edith, née Robinson.
He attended St Clement's Church of England School, leaving at the age of fourteen.
[1] Immediately after the war, Chester became a fellow of the recently founded Nuffield College, Oxford, and served as its warden from 1954 to 1978.
[1][3] Chester also promoted the college's association with the French Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques and other European groups.
He was also instrumental in the foundation of the Oxford Centre for Management Studies (now the Saïd Business School), and served as its chair (1965–1975).