Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.

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Generate an image of Cotton Mather (Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.)

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Label Occurrences
Cotton Mather canonical 27
Cotton Mather (1663–1728) 1
Cotton Mather, a New England Puritan minister 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan minister ⓘ
author ⓘ
historian ⓘ
person ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeIn Boston ⓘ
New England ⓘ
almaMater Harvard College ⓘ
linked to: Harvard University
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1663-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1728-02-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard College ⓘ
linked to: Harvard University
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
linked to: European American
familyName Mather ⓘ
linked to: Cotton Mather
father Increase Mather ⓘ
fullName Cotton Mather ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
givenName Cotton ⓘ
grandfather John Cotton ⓘ
Richard Mather ⓘ
influenced early American religious thought ⓘ
influencedBy Increase Mather ⓘ
John Cotton ⓘ
knownFor influence on New England Puritan religious life ⓘ
involvement in the context of the Salem witch trials ⓘ
prolific religious and historical writings ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
mother Maria Cotton Mather ⓘ
movement New England Puritanism ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

Puritanism ⓘ
notableWork Essays to Do Good ⓘ
Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
The Christian Philosopher ⓘ
Wonders of the Invisible World ⓘ
numberOfChildren 15 ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
historian ⓘ
minister ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
placeOfDeath Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
positionHeld minister at Second Church of Boston ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
supported smallpox inoculation in Boston ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salem witch trials → keyFigure → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Cotton Mather → fullName → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Cotton Mather → familyName → Mather ⓘ
linked to: Cotton Mather
Puritanism → keyFigure → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Magnalia Christi Americana → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
The Christian Philosopher → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
The Christian Philosopher → author → Cotton Mather (1663–1728) ⓘ
linked to: Cotton Mather
The Christian Philosopher → workOf → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Essays to Do Good → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Increase Mather → child → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Increase Mather → influenced → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Wonders of the Invisible World → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Maria Cotton Mather → child → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Maria Cotton Mather → notableRelative → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Richard Mather → relative → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Richard Mather → grandfatherOf → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Book I: Antiquities → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Book III: Polybius → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Book III: Polybius → writtenBy → Cotton Mather, a New England Puritan minister ⓘ
linked to: Cotton Mather
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei → author → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Mather family → hasNotableMember → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Martha Carrier → describedBySource → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Seth Gabel → playedCharacter → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Mather → hasNotableBearer → Cotton Mather ⓘ
Mather family → hasNotableMember → Cotton Mather ⓘ
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Increase Mather → child → Cotton Mather ⓘ
subject linked to: Mather
Antinomianism → criticizedByPerson → Cotton Mather ⓘ