Stuart Malcolm Tave (born April 10, 1923) is an American literary scholar.
Tave taught at the University of Chicago, where he served as chair of the English department, dean of the Division of the Humanities, and William Rainey Harper Professor.
[1] In 2000, the University of Chicago honored him as that year's Norman Maclean Award winner.
[1][4] Stuart Tave served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, including at the landing at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon.
He served with the Strategic Bombing Survey during the occupation of Japan and penned an article about standing watch on the Japanese battleship Nagato, published October 1998.