![]() Mather was an early advocate of innoculation and corresponded extensively with notable scientists, such as Robert Boyle. ![]() Seemingly destined for the ministry from birth, Mather was formally ordained in 1685 and joined his father in the pulpit at Boston's original North Church. degree from his father, then president of the college. A precocious intellect, Mather entered Harvard at age eleven, the youngest student ever admitted. Mather descended from colonial New England's two most influential families, Mather was the son of the noted Puritan divine Increase Mather (1639 – 1723) and the grandson of John Cotton and Richard Mather, both "Moses-like figures" during the exodus of English Puritans to America.Ī Calvinist, Mather combined mystical recognition of an invisible spiritual world with scientific interests. ![]() ![]() 1681 honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was a socially and politically influential Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Cotton Mather (Febru– February 13, 1728). ![]()
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