Herbert Edward Palmer (10 February 1880 – 17 May 1961) was an English poet and literary critic.

[1][2] He was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, and educated at Woodhouse Grove School, Birmingham University and Bonn University.

Before becoming a full-time writer and journalist in 1921, he led an itinerant life in teaching, tutoring, and lecturing, working in particular for the W.E.A.

; and spending many years in France and Germany.

He introduced C. S. Lewis and Ruth Pitter in 1945/6.