John Delavau Bryant (1811–1877) was an American physician, poet, author, and editor.

in 1839, and A.M. in 1842 from the University of Pennsylvania, and entered the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York in 1839.

His principal work, published in 1859 by subscription, is an epic poem entitled The Redemption, apparently inspired by a visit to Jerusalem.

[1] He also published, about 1852, a controversial novel entitled Pauline Seward which had considerable vogue at the time, especially among Catholics, and ran through ten editions.

[1] In 1855, he published The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, an exposition of the dogma recently promulgated.