James Conant

James Conant may refer to:

  • James Bryant Conant (1893–1978), American chemist and educational administrator
  • James F. Conant (born 1958), American philosopher
  • James Wallace Conant (1862-1906), American amusement manager for the Schenley Park Casino and the Duquesne Gardens

Famous quotes containing the words james and/or conant:

    The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God’s Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.
    James I of England, James VI of Scotland (1566–1625)

    Science is a dynamic undertaking directed to lowering the degree of the empiricism involved in solving problems; or, if you prefer, science is a process of fabricating a web of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiments and observations and fruitful of further experiments and observations.
    —James Conant (1893–1978)