Hannah O'Brien Chaplin

Who was Hannah O'Brien Chaplin?

Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant was an American biblical scholar, born in Danvers, Mass., the daughter of a clergyman, and in 1830 was married to Thomas Jefferson Conant. In 1838 she became the editor of The Mother's Journal. She translated from the German Strauss's Baptism in Jordan, Neander's commentary on Philippians, and works by other authors. Her works are The Earnest Man, an excellent biography of Adoniram Judson, and a Popular History of English Bible Translation. She was an able assistant to her husband.

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