Edward Vincent Heward

Edward Vincent Heward was an English writer born in 1830 and died in 1914. Reliable catalog and reference records connect him most clearly with St. Nicotine of the Peace Pipe, a book published in 1909.

That book explores the history and cultural life of tobacco, and it is the work for which Heward is still remembered today. It reads less like a dry reference book and more like a guided tour through anecdotes, customs, and historical detail, which helps explain why it has continued to circulate in digital libraries.

A small additional trace of his writing appears in Scientific American, which published work under his name in 1913. Even though biographical details about him are scarce, the surviving record suggests a late-19th- and early-20th-century author interested in turning specialized subjects into readable popular essays.