Ward W. Briggs Jr. (born November 26, 1945, in Riverside, California) is an American classicist and historian of classical studies.
Briggs studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote his M.A.
His research interests include Roman poetry and the history of classical studies in North America.
He is the editor, co-editor, and author of several standard works in his field.
He published, among other items, a biography of Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, the founder of modern American study of classical antiquity.