Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (; 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. After being educated at Harvard College, he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts, where he preached for the rest of his life. He has been referred to as the "first American Evangelical".A major intellectual and public figure in English-speaking colonial America, Cotton Mather helped lead the successful revolt of 1689 against Sir Edmund Andros, the governor imposed on New England by King James II. Mather's subsequent involvement in the Salem witch trials of 1692–1693, which he defended in the book ''Wonders of the Invisible World'' (1693), attracted intense controversy in his own day and has negatively affected his historical reputation. As a historian of colonial New England, Mather is noted for his ''Magnalia Christi Americana'' (1702).
Personally and intellectually committed to the waning social and religious orders in New England, Cotton Mather unsuccessfully sought the presidency of Harvard College. After 1702, Cotton Mather clashed with Joseph Dudley, the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, whom Mather attempted unsuccessfully to drive out of power. Mather championed the new Yale College as an intellectual bulwark of Puritanism in New England. He corresponded extensively with European intellectuals and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Glasgow in 1710.
A promoter of the new experimental science in America, Cotton Mather carried out original research on plant hybridization. He also researched the variolation method of inoculation as a means of preventing smallpox contagion, which he learned about from an African-American slave who he owned, Onesimus. He dispatched many reports on scientific matters to the Royal Society of London, which elected him as a fellow in 1713. Mather's promotion of inoculation against smallpox caused violent controversy in Boston during the outbreak of 1721. Scientist and US founding father Benjamin Franklin, who as a young Bostonian had opposed the old Puritan order represented by Mather and participated in the anti-inoculation campaign, later described Mather's book ''Bonifacius'', or ''Essays to Do Good'' (1710) as a major influence on his life. Provided by Wikipedia
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1975
1975
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Boston, 1911
Boston, 1911
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Hartford, 1853
Hartford, 1853
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Hartford, S. Andrus & son, 1853
Hartford, S. Andrus & son, 1853
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Amherst, WI : Amherst Press, 1970
Amherst, WI : Amherst Press, 1970
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Mount Vernon, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press, 1950
Mount Vernon, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press, 1950
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Boston, B. Green, 1710
Boston, B. Green, 1710
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
London, T. Parkhurst, 1702
London, T. Parkhurst, 1702
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Boston, Printed by T. Green for B. Eliot, 1700
Boston, Printed by T. Green for B. Eliot, 1700
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Boston, Belknap, 1724
Boston, Belknap, 1724
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
London : E. Matthews, 1721
London : E. Matthews, 1721
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Bostun, John Dunton, 1693
Bostun, John Dunton, 1693
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New York : Columbia University Press, 1938
New York : Columbia University Press, 1938
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Gainesville, Fla. : Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1967
Gainesville, Fla. : Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1967
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Russell & Russell 1852
Russell & Russell 1852
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by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
New York, Bell Pub. Co. 1974
New York, Bell Pub. Co. 1974
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Hartford [Conn.] : S. Andrus, 1855
Hartford [Conn.] : S. Andrus, 1855
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Amherst, WI : Amherst Press, 1970
Amherst, WI : Amherst Press, 1970
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