William Hayes Ward (June 25, 1835 – August 28, 1916) was an American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist.

[1][2] After attending Berwick Academy in Maine, adjacent to the family Hayes House, Ward graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1852, Amherst College in 1856, and the Andover Theological Seminary in 1859.

He served as pastor of a church at Oskaloosa, Kansas in 1859–60, and as professor of Latin at Ripon College in Wisconsin (1865–68).

He directed the Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia (1884–85) and was twice president of the American Oriental Society (1890–94 and 1909–10).

[1] William Hayes Ward died at his home in South Berwick, Maine on August 28, 1916.