Bible Knowledge Graph
Cotton Mather
- Entity ID:
- cotton-mather
- Long Name:
- Mather, Cotton (1663-1728)
- Short Name:
- Cotton Mather
- Disambiguation String:
- American puritan
- Entity Type:
- person
- Entity Subtype:
- author
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- Wikipedia
- Summary:
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Cotton Mather, FRS was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Known for his vigorous support for the Salem witch trials, he also left a scientific legacy due to his hybridization experiments and his promotion of inoculation for disease prevention. He was subsequently denied the Presidency of Harvard College which his father, Increase, had held.
- Viaf ID:
- 17264481
- DB Pedia ID:
- Cotton_Mather
- Biblical Status:
- extraBiblical
- Is An Individual:
- Yes
- Is Published:
- Yes
- Birth Date:
- February 23, 1663
- Death Date:
- February 24, 1728
- Occupation:
- American puritan
- Works:
