William Wistar Comfort (May 27, 1874[1] – December 24, 1955) was president of Haverford College.

He graduated from Haverford College in 1894 and received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1902 with the dissertation "The Development of the Character Types in the French Chansons de Geste".

He was a polymath, with other written works on such topics as Quakerism, children's literature, and the poet William Cowper.

[2] Comfort served as President of Haverford College for 23 years, from 1917 to 1940, and was succeeded by journalist Felix Morley.

He was survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Mary Foles, five children,[4][5] and several grandchildren including a mathematician named after him (de:W. Wistar Comfort).