Edward Hart Lipscombe (born September 29, 1858) was an educator and religious leader in North Carolina in the late 19th century.

In 1868 he moved to Raleigh to study in a school run by William Warrick, but in 1870 he returned to the farm where his mother lived to help her with her work.

In the spring of 1873, Augustus Shepperd of Raleigh invited him to join the North Carolina Jubilee Singers led by Nettie M. Sage and managed by Henry Martin Tupper and preparing for a tour to raise money for Shaw University.

As a student in 1877, at the age of 19, together with Shaw professors Tupper and Nicholas Franklin Roberts, he founded and became an editor of the journal, the African Expositor.

In 1883 he left the Washington Graded School to become professor of rhetoric and moral philosophy at Shaw, and he returned to edit the Expositor.

His connection with politics came to a head in 1884 when he was nominated as a candidate for the North Carolina General Assembly, but he did not accept it, preferring to remain involved in education.

In 1898, during the buildup for the Spanish–American War, Lipscombe helped recruit black soldiers from the Institute, particularly for the Third Regiment at Fort Mason.