Kenneth John Conant (1894 - 1984) was an American architectural historian specializing in medieval architecture. Conant was born in Neenah, Wisconsin and studied at Harvard University in 1911. After study in Europe and service in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, he returned and eventually taught architectural history at Harvard from 1920 through 1955. In 1940 a group of Conant's students formed the Society of Architectural Historians under his influence.