Helen S. Conant | |
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Born | Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens October 9, 1839 Methuen, Massachusetts, US |
Died | April 17, 1899 New York City, US | (aged 59)
Notable works | The Butterfly Hunters |
Spouse | Samuel Stillman Conant |
Children | 1 |
Helen Stevens Conant (October 9, 1839 – April 17, 1899) was an American author, poet, and translator. [1]
Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens was born to Abiel Stevens and Charlotte Stevens (née Peters) on October 9, 1839, in Methuen, Massachusetts. [1] [2] Her ancestors, John Stevens and Andrew Peters immigrated to Andover, Massachusetts, from England in the mid-17th century. As a child, she was taught by a governess and private tutors. [1]
Stevens married journalist and editor Samuel Stillman Conant, son of professor and writer Thomas Jefferson Conant and editor and author Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant. [3] Stevens and Conant married on June 10, 1858, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. [4] The couple had one child together, a son named Thomas Peters Conant, on July 11, 1860, in Paris, France. [1] The family later moved to Brooklyn, New York. [5]
Conant died on April 17, 1899. [1]
Conant is best known for writing The Butterfly Hunters, published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields. [6] She is also known for A Primer of German Literature (1877) and A Primer of Spanish Literature (1878), both published by Harper & Brothers. [7] Conant co-translated The Ancient Cities of the New World (1887) by Désiré Charnay from French with J. Gonino. [8]
Many of Conant's articles were published in various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly, for which her husband was managing editor from 1869 until his disappearance in 1885. [1] [9]
Conant contributed many of her poems to various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Bazar, for which she was an editor. [21]
Helen S. Conant | |
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Born | Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens October 9, 1839 Methuen, Massachusetts, US |
Died | April 17, 1899 New York City, US | (aged 59)
Notable works | The Butterfly Hunters |
Spouse | Samuel Stillman Conant |
Children | 1 |
Helen Stevens Conant (October 9, 1839 – April 17, 1899) was an American author, poet, and translator. [1]
Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens was born to Abiel Stevens and Charlotte Stevens (née Peters) on October 9, 1839, in Methuen, Massachusetts. [1] [2] Her ancestors, John Stevens and Andrew Peters immigrated to Andover, Massachusetts, from England in the mid-17th century. As a child, she was taught by a governess and private tutors. [1]
Stevens married journalist and editor Samuel Stillman Conant, son of professor and writer Thomas Jefferson Conant and editor and author Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant. [3] Stevens and Conant married on June 10, 1858, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. [4] The couple had one child together, a son named Thomas Peters Conant, on July 11, 1860, in Paris, France. [1] The family later moved to Brooklyn, New York. [5]
Conant died on April 17, 1899. [1]
Conant is best known for writing The Butterfly Hunters, published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields. [6] She is also known for A Primer of German Literature (1877) and A Primer of Spanish Literature (1878), both published by Harper & Brothers. [7] Conant co-translated The Ancient Cities of the New World (1887) by Désiré Charnay from French with J. Gonino. [8]
Many of Conant's articles were published in various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly, for which her husband was managing editor from 1869 until his disappearance in 1885. [1] [9]
Conant contributed many of her poems to various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Bazar, for which she was an editor. [21]