Isaac William Stuart (1809 – October 2, 1861) was an American author. He was son of Rev Moses Stuart, of Andover, Connecticut and Abigail (Clark) Stuart, and was born in New Haven, Connecticut, while his father was pastor of the Centre Church in this place. He graduated from Yale College in 1828. For a short time after graduating, he taught in the Hopkins Grammar School at Hartford, Connecticut, and was much engaged in the study of hieroglyphics and Asian literature. He published in 1830 a translation, with notes, of J.G.H. Greppo's Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of Champollion. (Boston, 1830, 12mo.) Being elected Professor of Greek and Latin in the College of South Carolina, he removed to Columbia, South Carolina and there remained some time. He published in 1837, an edition with notes