Conant, Thomas Jefferson

D.D. (Middle bury, 1844), Baptist; b at Brandon, Vt., Dec. 13, 1802; studied at Middle bury College, Vt. (Hebrew and German in addition to usual course), graduated 1823; took a post-graduate course of two years in Greek and Hebrew with Profe or Robert B. Patton; was tutor in Columbian College (now Columbian University), Washington, D.C., 1825- 27; succe ively profe or of the Latin, Greek, and German languages in Waterville College (now Colby University), Waterville, Me., 1827- 33; of languages and biblical literature in Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (now Madison University and Theological Seminary), Hamilton, N.Y., 1835-51; and of the Hebrew language and biblical exegesis in Rochester (N.Y.) Theological Seminary, 1851-57. In 1857 he resigned his profe orship in order to revise the English Version of the Bible for the American Bible Union, and in this work was engaged many years. He was a member of the American Old testament Revision Company. He is the author of a translation of the eleventh edition of Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, Boston, 1839; and of the seventeenth edition (by Rodiger) with grammatical exercises and a chrestomathy by the translator, New York, 1851, latest and revised edition 1877; Defence of the Hebrew Grammar of Gesenius against Profe or Stuart's Translation, by the Original Translator, New York, 1847; Job, Revised Version and Notes (with and without Hebrew text), 1856; Matthew, Revised Version (Greek text with critical and philological notes), 1860; Baptize in, its Meaning and Use philologically and historically investigated, 1860 (quarto), 1864 (8vo); Genesis, Introduction, a Revised Version, and Explanatory No 53 tes, 1868 and 1873; The New Testament, Common Version revised, 1871; Psalms, Introduction, Common Version revised, with occasional Notes, 1871; Proverbs, Introduction, Revised Version, and Notes (with and without Hebrew text), 1872; Greek Text of the Apocalypse, as edited by Erasmus, 1873; Prophecies of Isaiah, chapters i.-xiii. 22. Translation, Explanatory Notes, and Notes Critical and Philological on the Hebrew Text, 1874; Historical Books oj the Old Testament, Joshua to 2 Kings; Introduction, Common Version revised, and occasional Notes, Philadelphia, 1884.