Hannah O'Brien Chaplin
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Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant (née, Chaplin; pen name, H. C. Conant; September 5, 1809—February 18, 1865)[1] was an American biblical scholar.
Biography
Hannah O'Brien Chaplin was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, September 5, 1809. Her father was 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]
Selected works
- The earnest man : a sketch of the character and labors of Adoniram Judson, first missionary to Burmah (1855)
- Popular History of English Bible Translation (1856)
- The English Bible. History of the translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue. With specimens of the old English versions (1856)
- The popular history of the translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue. With specimens of the old English versions (1880)
References
- ^ "Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Biography In Context. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 822–823. .
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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