Edward Willett Wagner (August 7, 1924 – December 7, 2001) was an American academic and a professor of Korean studies at Harvard University; he was an expert on Korean aristocracy during the Joseon period.
[1] He founded the Korea Institute at Harvard University in 1981 and served as its director until 1993.
[1] Wagner lived in Lexington, Massachusetts, and was married to Leonore Uhlmann from 1948 to 1966, when the couple divorced.
[1] Wagner died on December 7, 2001, at Concord, Massachusetts, from Alzheimer's disease.
[1] Due to his influence in the field, Wagner is often referred to as the "Father of [American] Korean Studies".