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Cotton Mather

American religious leader
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Born:
February 12, 1663, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]
Died:
February 13, 1728, Boston (aged 65)
Notable Family Members:
father Increase Mather
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Cotton Mather (born February 12, 1663, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]—died February 13, 1728, Boston) was an 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 (he believed in the existence of witchcraft) with a modern scientific interest (he supported smallpox inoculation). The son of Increase Mather and the grandson of John Cotton and Richard Mather, Cotton Mather lived all his life in Boston. He entered Harvard at the age of 12, easily passing entrance requirements to read and write ...(100 of 898 words)

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