MATHER, Cotton

MATHER, Cotton
(1663-1728)
   American PURITAN theologian and member of the illustrious Mather family of New England. He was a prolific writer with a keen interest in the new emerging SCIENCES
   an early advocate of Smallpox inoculation. He was remarkably tolerant of various religious opinions despite his unfortunate involvement in the SALEM WITCHCRAFT trials.

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  • Mather, Cotton — (12 feb. 1663, Boston, colonia de la bahía de Massachusetts–13 feb. 1728, Boston). Líder puritano estadounidense. Hijo de Increase Mather, obtuvo una maestría en el Harvard College y fue ordenado ministro congregacionalista en 1685, tras lo cual… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • MATHER, COTTON —    an American divine, born in Boston; notorious for his belief in witchcraft, and for the persecution he provoked against those charged with it by his zeal in spreading the delusion (1663 1728) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Mather, Cotton — (1663 1728)    F On failure of Phipps s expedition, 302; on rescue of some men cast ashore on Anticosti, 304.    Bib.: Cyc. Am. Biog …   The makers of Canada

  • Mather, Cotton — (1663 1728)    Divine, s. of Increase M., a leading American divine, was ed. at Harvard, became a minister, and was colleague to his f. He was laborious, able, and learned, but extremely bigoted and self sufficient. He carried on a persecution of …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Mather, Cotton —    см. Мэзер, Коттон …   Писатели США. Краткие творческие биографии

  • Cotton Mather — (* 12. Februar 1663 in Boston (Massachusetts Bay Colony); † 13. Februar 1728 ebenda) war ein puritanischer Geistlicher und Gelehrter. Er war die intellektuell wie politisch wohl bedeutendste Figur der dritten englischen Siedlergeneration in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • MATHER (C.) — MATHER COTTON (1663 1728) Petit fils et de John Cotton et de Richard Mather, deux grands noms des premiers temps de la «Plantation du Seigneur» en Nouvelle Angleterre, Cotton Mather, né en 1663, l’année précédant l’installation de son père… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cotton Mather — Cotton Mather, 1688, par John van der Spriett Cotton Mather (12 février 1663, Boston, Massachusetts, États Unis 13 février 1728, Boston, Massachusetts, États Unis) était un …   Wikipédia en Français

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