Samuel Gray Ward | |
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| Born | October 3, 1817 |
| Died | November 17, 1907 (aged 90) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, banker |
| Spouse |
Anna Hazard Barker
(m. 1840; died 1900) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Wren Ward Lydia Gray |
Samuel Gray Ward (October 3, 1817 – November 17, 1907) was an American poet, author, and minor member of the Transcendentalism movement. He was also a banker and a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among his circle of contemporaries were poets and writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller who were deeply disappointed when Ward gave up a career in writing for business just before he married.