Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward

Born on June 29, 1861, Herbert Dickinson Ward was an American author and journalist. He studied at Phillips Academy in Andover and later graduated from Amherst College in 1884, then went on to write widely for newspapers and magazines.

Before settling fully into literary work, he spent time in Africa, where he served as secretary to explorer Henry Morton Stanley during the Congo expedition of 1886 to 1889. That experience helped inform some of his later writing and gave his work a sense of firsthand adventure.

Ward wrote both fiction and nonfiction, including magazine pieces and books, and he often collaborated with his wife, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, who was herself a well-known writer. He died on June 27, 1932, just two days before his 71st birthday.