Mather, Cotton
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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MATHER, COTTON math r, 1663 1728, American...1681); son of Increase Mather and grandson of Richard Mather and of John Cotton. He was ordained (1685) and...American to be a fellow of the Royal Society. He persuaded Zabdiel Boylston...