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Conant, Thomas Jefferson

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 13, 1802, in Brandon, Vt. He was a baptist clergyman who was one of the foremost Hebrew scholars of his time. He was the author of Baptism, Its Meaning and Its Use Philologically and Historically Considered. His editions of The Book of Job; The Book of Proverbs; Genesis; Psalms; Prophecies of Isaiah; Historical Books of the Old Testament from Joshua to Second Kings; and The Gospel by Matthew, constitute a scholar's version of the Scriptures, amply illustrated with critical and philological notes. He died April 30, 1891, in Brooklyn, N. Y.