David Tappan (1752–1803) was an Americantheologian. He occupied theHollis Chair atHarvard Divinity School until his death in 1803.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1796.^[2] He graduated fromHarvard University in 1771.

Tappen's publications include;^[3]

• A Discourse Delivered in the Chapel of Harvard College, June 19, 1798, Occasioned by the Approaching Departure of the Senior Class From the University (Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, 1798)
• Discourses on religion, morals, philosophy and metaphysics (New York, 1858)
• Lectures on Jewish antiquities (Cambridge [etc.]: W. Hilliard and E. Lincoln, 1807., 1807)

• Arthur Tappan
• Benjamin Tappan
• Lewis Tappan

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