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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Robert Ward
|birth_name = Robert Eugene Ward
|birth_date = {{birth date|1917|9|13}}
|birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|background = non_performing_personnel
|image = RobertWardNEA.jpg
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|4|3|1917|9|13}}
|death_place = [[Durham, North Carolina]]
|occupation = Composer
|instrument = Piano, vocals
|genre = Contemporary, chamber
}}
'''Robert Eugene Ward''' (September 13, 1917 – April 3, 2013) was an American [[composer]] who is best remembered for his opera ''[[The Crucible (opera)|The Crucible]]'' (1961) after the [[The Crucible|1953 play of the same name]] by [[Arthur Miller]]. He was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]] for that opera in 1962.