Henry Augustin Beers (July 2, 1847 – September 7, 1926) was an American writer and academic.
Henry Augustin Beers was born on July 2, 1847, in Buffalo, New York, to Elizabeth Victoria (Clerc) and George Webster Beers. He received a BA from Yale University in 1869 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1870.
Beers practiced law and worked as tutor before joining Yale's English department in 1875. His writing was both creative and scholarly. Among other works, he wrote poetry and literary history.
Beers died on September 7, 1926, in New Haven, Connecticut.
