| Authorised form of name | Ward; John (c 1679 - 1758) |
| Dates | c 1679 - 1758 |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | c 1679 |
| Place of death | In his apartments, Gresham College, London |
| Date of death | 17 October 1758 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
At the dissenter's burial ground, Bunhill Fields, London |
| Occupation | Schoolmaster |
| Activity | Education:
Studied with John Ker in his leisure time from the Navy Office; Edinburgh; LLD (1751)
Career:
Clerk in the Navy Office; opened a school in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, London (1710); Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London (1720); wrote a biography of the Professors of Gresham College; travelled through Holland and Flanders to Paris (1733); one of the original Trustees of the British Museum
Memberships:
FSA (1736); Spalding Society
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1723 |
| Proposer | John Harwood |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1753-? |
| Relationships | Son of John Ward, Dissenting Minister, and his wife, Constancy Rayner |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Obituaries in: 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1758, p504; 'London Magazine' 1758, p540 |
| Royal Society code | NA864 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| L&P/3/185/1 | Paper, 'Of two pegs of Roman lead, Domitian, 1 cwt 1 qr 16lbs each, found 1 and a half feet under the surface on Hayshaw Moor near Patelt Bridge' by John Ward | 1756 |
| L&P/2/389 | Paper, 'Roman inscription at Bath' by John Ward | 2 November 1753 |
| L&P/1/332/1 | Letter, 'An explication of a Roman inscription found not long since on a stone in Sichester' from John Ward to the Royal Society | 1744 |
| L&P/1/382/1 | Letter, 'Of the antiquities (Roman silver) found at Barkway' from John Ward to the Royal Society | 1745 |
| L&P/3/2 | Paper, 'Of a Roman inscription found at Malton, Yorks, in 1753' by John Ward | 1755 |
| L&P/2/406 | Paper, 'Roman alter and inscription found at York April 1752' by John Ward | 9 November 1752 |
| L&P/1/356 | Paper, 'Of two Roman silver plates; one inscribed found at Barkway Hampshire' by Pulter Forester and John Ward | 1745 |
| L&P/1/362/1 | Letter, 'Of supposed early Arabian numerals in Ireland' from John Ward to the Royal Society | 1745 |
| RBO/19/31 | 'Remarks upon an ancient Date over a Gate-way near the Cathedral at Worcester' by John Ward | 1735 |
| L&P/3/321 | Paper, 'Account of the Black Assize at Oxford, 1577' by the Merton College Register, University of Oxford and additional remarks by Thomas Birch | 1577-1757 |
| CLP/16/56 | Paper, 'Remarks upon an antient date at Widgel Hall near Buntingford in Hertfordshire [England]' by John Ward | [1735] |
| L&P/2/155 | Paper, 'An explication of an ancient Greek inscription carved on a brass cup' by John Ward | 1750 |
| L&P/1/382 | Paper, 'Of the antiquities (Roman silver) found at Barkway' by John Ward | 1745 |
| L&P/2/170 | Letter, 'Of the earthquake of Sept 30' from John Nixon and Thomas Cave to John Ward | 8 October 1750 |
| L&P/2/15 | Paper, 'On a Latin inscription to Flora, found in Italy' by John Ward | 20 December 1749 |
| L&P/1/332 | Paper, 'An explication of a Roman inscription found not long since on a stone in Sichester' by John Ward | 1744 |
| L&P/2/441 | Paper, 'An account of Claude Gros de Boze's book on Tetricus' by John Ward | 21 March 1753 |
| L&P/1/362 | Paper, 'Of supposed early Arabian numerals in Ireland' by John Ward | 1745 |
| L&P/3/185 | Paper, 'Of two pegs of Roman lead, Domitian, 1 cwt 1 qr 16lbs each, found 1 and a half feet under the surface on Hayshaw Moor near Patelt Bridge' by John Ward | 1756 |
| CLP/16/57 | Letter, regarding papers on Widgel Hall [Hertfordshire, England] and on Worcester from John Ward to the Royal Society | 21 August 1736 |