William Ralston Balch was an American journalist and author who wrote The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge, among other reference works. A supplemented edition of James Sanks Brisbin's biography of James A. Garfield, published in 1881, was credited wholly to him.
- Occupation
- encyclopedist, journalist, compiler, editor
- Born
- December 9, 1852
- Died
- March 8, 1923
