Samuel Gray Ward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Gray Ward

American private banker

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1817

Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1907

Profession: poet, banker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Samuel Gray Ward (October 3, 1817 – November 17, 1907) was an American poet, author, and minor member of the Transcendentalism movement.
He was also a banker and a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Among his circle of contemporaries were poets and writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller who were deeply disappointed when Ward gave up a career in writing for business just before he married.