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Helen S. Conant
BornHelen Charlotte Peters Stevens
(1839-10-09)October 9, 1839
Methuen, Massachusetts, US
DiedApril 17, 1899(1899-04-17) (aged 59)
New York City, US
Notable worksThe Butterfly Hunters
SpouseSamuel Stillman Conant
Children1

Helen Stevens Conant (October 9, 1839 – April 17, 1899) was an American author, poet, and translator.[1]

Personal life

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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]

Literary works

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Books

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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]

Articles

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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]

  • Birds and plumage[10]
  • Kitchen and dining-room[11]
  • Joseph Mallord William Turner[12]
  • A ramble in Central Park[13]
  • Picturesque Edinburgh[14]

Poetry

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  • From the Spanish of Calderon[15]
  • Old German love song (thirteenth century)[16]
  • At Manhattan Beach[17]
  • Love's Doubt[18]
  • "Le Pere Jacques"[19]
  • Watch-words[20]

Conant contributed many of her poems to various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Bazar, for which she was an editor.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ancestry Library Edition". search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. ^ The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans …. Boston. 1904. hdl:2027/nyp.33433082308879.
  4. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  5. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  6. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (1868). The butterfly hunters. The Library of Congress. Boston, Ticknor and Fields.
  7. ^ Conant, Helen Peters (1870). A primer of German literature. Robarts - University of Toronto. New York, Harper.
  8. ^ The Ancient Cities of the New World by Désiré Charnay. 2014-05-15.
  9. ^ Harper, J. Henry (Joseph Henry) (1912). The house of Harper : a century of publishing in Franklin Square. New York Public Library. New York : Harper.
  10. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (August 1878). "Birds and plumage". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  11. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (February 1877). "Kitchen and dining-room". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  12. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (February 1878). "Joseph Mallord William Turner". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  13. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (October 1879). "A ramble in Central Park". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  14. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (April 1879). "Picturesque Edinburgh". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  15. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (July 1875). "From the Spanish of Calderon". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  16. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (April 1878). "Old German love song (thirteenth century)". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  17. ^ "Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History". hearth.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  18. ^ "Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History". hearth.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  19. ^ "Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History". hearth.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  20. ^ Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) (August 1879). "Watch-words". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  21. ^ Conant, Frederick Odell (1887). A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887: Containing Also Some Genealogical Notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit Families. Private print. [Press of Harris & Williams]. ISBN 978-1-9764-4115-8.
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