Sherwood Eddy (1871-1963) was an American Protestant missionary and author, born at Leavenworth, Kansas. As a national secretary of the YMCA he worked in an honorary capacity among students in Japan, Korea, China, India, the Near East, and Russia. He wrote other works which were published in England and India. He is also known today for his works with the Oxford Group Evangelical group predecessor to alcoholics anonymous. There also exists a YMCA named after him.