CONANT, DR JOHN (1608-1693), a learned English divine, was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He was appointed one of the assembly of divines, and in 1657 was admitted vice-chancellor of the university. On the restoration he was one of the commissioners at the conferences in the Savoy, but was deprived by the Act of Uniformity. After a suspension of eight years he was re-admitted into the church, and installed into the archdeaconry of Norwich, and prebendary of Worcester. During the last seven years of his life, Conant was afflicted with total blindness. His sermons were published in 6 vols.