Herbert Dickinson Ward (June 29, 1861 – June 27, 1932) was an American author, born at

Waltham, Massachusetts Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, th ...

, son of

William Hayes Ward William Hayes Ward (June 25, 1835 – August 28, 1916) was an American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist. Biography William Hayes Ward was born in Abington, Massachusetts on June 25, 1835. After attending Berwick Academy in Maine, adjacent t ...

. Graduating from

Phillips Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness , address = 180 Main Street , city = Andover , state = Ma ...

, Andover, in 1880 and

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

in 1884, he wrote extensively for newspapers and periodicals. Ward married

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (August 31, 1844January 28, 1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, an ...

on October 20, 1888.

Works

* ''The New Senior at Andover'' (1890) * ''A Republic without a President, and Other Stories'' (1891) * ''The Captain of the Kittiewink'' (1892) * ''A Dash to the Pole'' (1893) * ''The White Crown, and Other Stories'' (1894) *''The Silent Witness'' (1896) * ''The Burglar Who Moved Paradise'' (1897) * ''The Light of the World'' (1901) ;Co-authored with his wife

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (August 31, 1844January 28, 1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, an ...

: *''A Lost Hero'' (1889) *''The Master of the Magicians'' (1890) *''Come Forth'' (1891)

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