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Bookmark or Share- Cotton Mather - WikipediaCotton Mather FRS (/ ˈ m æ ð ər /; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects.
- Cotton Mather | Biography, Beliefs, & Facts | BritannicaCotton Mather, American Congregational minister and author, supporter of the old order of the ruling clergy, who became the most celebrated of all New England Puritans. He combined a mystical strain with a modern scientific interest. Learn more about his life, beliefs, and legacy.
- Biography of Cotton Mather, Clergyman and Scientist - ThoughtCoRobert McNamara. Updated on June 04, 2019. Cotton Mather was a Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts known for his scientific studies and literary works, as wells as for the peripheral role he played in the witchcraft trials at Salem. He was a highly influential figure in early America.
- Cotton Mather - New World EncyclopediaCotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 ( Harvard College ), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was a socially and politically influential Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer.
- Cotton Mather’s account of the Salem witch trials, 1693Cotton Mather, a prolific author and well-known preacher, wrote this account in 1693, a year after the trials ended. Mather and his fellow New Englanders believed that God directly intervened in the establishment of the colonies and that the New World was formerly the Devil’s territory.
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