[Wilfrid Philip]. English man of letters, born at Ware on the 2nd of January 1856, the second son of William George Ward. Educated at St. Edmund’s College, Ware, Ushaw College, Durham, and the Gregorian University of Rome, he became lecturer in philosophy at Ushaw College in 1890, and examiner in mental and moral science to the Royal University of Ireland 1891–2. In 1906 he became editor of The Dublin Review. He was the author of numerous books: The Wish to Believe (1884); The Clothes of Religion (1886); W. G. Ward and the Oxford Movement (1889); W. G. Ward and the Catholic Revival (1893); Lives of Cardinal Wiseman (1897), Aubrey de Vere (1904), Cardinal Newman (1912), and several volumes of essays. He died in London on the 8th of April 1916. A biographical notice of him, written by his wife, Josephine Mary (1864–1932), daughter of J. R. Hope-Scott, was published as a preface to his Last Lectures (1916). Mrs. Ward was also the author of several distinguished novels, including One Poor Scruple (1899); The Light Behind (1903); Great Possessions (1910); The Job Secretary (1911) and Not Known Here (1921).
