Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909) was Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, and Professor of Music in the University of Dublin. He is also the author of Applied Form, Harmony: Its Theory and Practice and Counterpoint: Strict and Free. He edited the Monthly Musical Review (1871-1875), and was a music critic for The Academy (1874-79) and The Athenaeum (1879-89).