Rabbi Natan [haBavli]

R. Natan was a Babylonian scholar with great respect for the Land of Israel. When he moved there, he was chosen as the head of the court under R. Shimon b. Gamliel - an office that he kept under R. Yehuda HaNasi as well. He was a prolific and perceptive scholar and is well known for his authorship of Pirkei D'R. Natan, an ethical and homelitc tract based loosely on Pirkei Avot.