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Mather, Cotton

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Mather, Cotton (1663–1728)

American theologian and writer. He was a Puritan minister in Boston, Massachusetts, and wrote over 400 works of history, science, annals, and theology, including Magnalia Christi Americana/The Great Works of Christ in America (1702), a vast compendium of early New England history and experience. Mather appears to have supported the Salem witch-hunts through his books, sermons, and influence as a religious leader.

Born in Boston, son of Reverend Increase Mather, he graduated from Harvard with a master's degree in 1681 and was ordained a minister in 1685. He was a promoter of strict Congregationalism, and a man of great learning. He wrote Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcraft and Possession (1689) and told of the witchcraft trials in Wonders of the Invisible World (1693).



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