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Cotton Mather | | Birth Date: |
March 19, 1663 | | Death Date: |
February 13, 1728 | | Place of Birth: |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | | Place of Death: |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
historian, clergyman |
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 Biography of Cotton Mather
6,236 words, approx. 21 pages
 Cotton Mather was born in Boston on 12 February 1663, the eldest child of Increase Mather and Maria Cotton Mather, who was the daughter of John Cotton, an elder statesman of the first generation of settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He lived... summary from source:
 Biography of Cotton Mather
2,225 words, approx. 7 pages
Cotton Mather's life was as genetically and environmentally determined as it was for him theologically predestined. The first child of Increase and Maria Cotton Mather, he was born in Boston on 12 February 1663, into a family whose energies and genius... summary from source:
Biography of Cotton Mather
1,928 words, approx. 6 pages
The Mather library developed through several generations. Richard Mather began the family book collection, part of which descended to Increase, who made it one of seventeenth-century New England's most distinguished libraries. Building on the books...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Mather, Cotton (1663–1728) Summary
795 words, approx. 3 pages Mather, Cotton(1663–1728) Cotton Mather, scholar, clergyman, and author, was the oldest son of Increase Mather, one of the leading figures in the Puritan theocracy in Massachusetts. The younger Mather was so precocious that he entered Harvard... summary from source:
 Mather, Cotton Summary
2,236 words, approx. 8 pagesMarch 19, 1663 Boston, Massachusetts February 13, 1728 Boston, Massachusetts Clergyman and scientist Portrait: Cotton Mather.... summary from source:
Mather, Cotton Summary
2,169 words, approx. 7 pagesBorn: 1663 Boston, Massachusetts Died: 1728 Boston, Massachusetts Clergyman, scientist, and writer Puritan minister Cotton Mather was instrumental in escalating the witch-hunts in New England during the late 1600s. Along with his father, Increase... summary from source:
 Cotton Mather Information
1,809 words, approx. 6 pages
<p> <p>Cotton 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....
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Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Barrett Wendell
10,234 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following excerpt, Wendell provides a detailed account of Mather's role in the witchcraft trials and surveys the author's writings on witchcraft.
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Critical Essay by Peter Gay
8,566 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following excerpt, Gay examines Mather's Magnalia Christi Amricana and argues that it has played a significant role in shaping modern views on Puritan New England.
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Critical Essay by David Levin
7,617 words, approx. 25 pages
In the essay below, Levin examines the themes of Mather's Bonifacius, also known as Essays to Do Good, and argues that the book is historically relevant to an understanding of American philosophers and reformers of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Levin's essay was first published in 1966.
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