Harry Emerson Wildes (April 3, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] – 1982) an American sociologist, historian and writer who is best known for his biographies of William Penn, George Fox and Anthony Wayne.
During the Second World War, Wildes served in the Pacific as a political advisor to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP).
Wildes was among those who drafted a Constitution for Japan after the Second World War under orders from General Douglas MacArthur.
Some of his papers are at Syracuse University Non-Fiction Social Currents in Japan (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1927) Japan in Crisis (Macmillan, New York, 1934) Aliens in the East (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1937) Valley Forge (Macmillan, New York, 1938) The Delaware (Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1940) (The 10th volume in the Rivers of America Series) Anthony Wayne: Trouble Shooter of the American Revolution (Harcourt & Brace, New York, 1941) Lonely Midas: The Story of Steven Girard (Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1943) Twin Rivers: The Raritan and the Passaic (Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1943) (The 23rd volume in the Rivers of America Series) Voice of the Lord: A Biography of George Fox (University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia 1965) William Penn (Macmillan, New York, 1974) Typhoon in Tokyo: The Occupation and Its Aftermath (MacMillan, 1954) Articles Press Freedom in Japan (American Journal of Sociology, volume 32, page 601, 1927) Review of Foster Rhea Dulles: Forty Years of American-Japanese Relations.
(Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 1938 195: 242-243) Intellectual Progress in the East (Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.1958; 318: 27-33) The American Occupation of Japan: A Retrospective View (Contributed a commentary) (Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 1968) Constitution of Japan Author Anniversaries Special Collections, Syracuse University Center for East Asian Studies American Book Exchange