Conant, THOMAS JEFFERSON, D.D.

Conant, THOMAS JEFFERSON, D.D., American biblical scholar, born in Brandon, Vermont, in 1802, graduated at Middlebury in 1823, and filled chairs of Languages in various colleges, dying on the 30th April 1891. In 1856 he published a translation of the book of Job, and in 1857 he was appointed by the American Bible Union to revise the Scriptures. On this work he was engaged until 1875, and he was also a member of the American committee of the Old Testament Company who prepared the revised version. His translations of Gesenius' Hebrew grammar have been standard text-books, and his other works include critical English versions of both Old and New Testament books.