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[citation needed]. She translated from the German Strauss' Baptism in Jordan, Neander's commentary on Philippians, and works by other authors[citation needed]. 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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- ^ "Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Biography In Context. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Thomas Jefferson Conant - 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica".
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