William Hayes Ward

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William Hayes Ward (1835-1916) was an American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist, born at Abington, Mass. He graduated at Amherst College in 1856 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1859. He served as pastor of a church at Oskaloosa, Kans. in 1859-60, and as professor of Latin at Ripon College in Wisconsin (1865-68). He joined the editorial staff of the New York Independent in 1868 and remained with the Independent thereafter, rising by degrees to editor in chief (1896-1913), and then honorary editor. He was twice president of the American Oriental Society (1890-94 and 1909-10). He was the father of Herbert D. Ward. His works include:

  • The World's Christian Hymns (1883), with his sister Susan Hayes Ward
  • Report of the Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia (1885)
  • Biography of Sidney Lanier (1885)
  • Cylinders and Other Ancient Oriental Seals in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan (1909)
  • The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia (1910)
  • What I Believe and Why (1915)
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