William John Morrell MA (1868–1945) was a Chancellor of Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Morrell was born in Tiverton, Devon, England, in 1868, and educated at Blundell's School and Balliol College, Oxford,[1] where he held an open classical scholarship.

Morrell was associated with its development for more than twenty years and served on the first Library Committee of the Dunedin City Council.

Morrell was appointed Chancellor of Otago University, in 1933,[5] a position he held for 12 years.

Professor William Parker Morrell was the eldest of their four children, and their only son.