Hannah O'Brien Chaplin

Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant (September 5, 1809—February 18, 1865)[1] was an American biblical scholar, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, the daughter of a clergyman. In 1830 she was married to Thomas Jefferson Conant,[2] and in 1838 she became the editor of The Mother's Journal. She translated from the German Strauss' Baptism in Jordan, Neander's commentary on Philippians, and works by other authors. Her works are The Earnest Man, an excellent biography of Adoniram Judson (1855), and a Popular History of English Bible Translation (1856).[2] She was an able assistant in her husband's Hebrew studies.[2]

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References
  1. "Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Biography In Context. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.
  2. "Thomas Jefferson Conant - 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica".


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