Ward, Lauriston

Lauriston Ward (1882-1960) was a journalist, businessman, and anthropologist. As a scholar, Ward studied the origins of the Neolithic Age in the Middle East and its spread to Northern Asia and the Far East. After graduating from Harvard College in 1903, Ward spent several years as a newspaper reporter, publicity writer, and free lance contributor to newspapers and magazines. In 1914, he abandoned journalism and joined the travel agency, Raymond and Whitcomb Company, serving as secretary, director, and personnel manager. Ward returned to the academic world in 1932 as a graduate student in Anthropology at Harvard; receiving his Master of Arts in 1934. Ward remained at Harvard as a Lecturer and Tutor in Anthropology until his retirement from teaching in 1948. At the Harvard Peabody Museum, Ward became Curator of Asiatic Archaeology in 1937 and chairman of the American School of Prehistory in 1954. In 1953, Ward helped establish the Council of Old World Archaeology, an organization dedicated to publishing surveys and bibliographies of current archaeology research.

From the guide to the Papers of Lauriston Ward, 1900-1955 and undated., (Harvard University Archives)

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