Nathan W. Collier

Nathan W. Collier (1872–1941) was an American academic administrator who served as president of Florida Baptist Institute and then Florida Normal and Technical Institute[1] from 1896 onward.

The institution later was developed and renamed as Florida Memorial University.

[2] Collier was involved in the latter school's move from Jacksonville to Georgia.

The Nathan W. Collier Library at Florida Memorial University is also named for him.

[4] The Collier-Blocker-Puryear Park in St. Augustine, Florida was also named for the university's founders.