Noah Hobart

Noah Hobart (1706–1769) was a prominent Connecticut clergyman and theological writer whose works engaged with Enlightenment political philosophy and Reformed theology during the mid-eighteenth century. His treatise *Civil Government the Foundation of Social Happiness* exemplified the colonial American synthesis of Calvinist doctrine with emerging theories of social contract and civic virtue, positioning him as an important intellectual bridge between Puritan theological traditions and Revolutionary-era political thought. Hobart's contributions to both ecclesiastical and civil discourse made him a significant figure in the intellectual landscape of colonial New England.