Cotton Mather was a Puritan theologian, scientist and chronicler active in British America. After being educated at Harvard College, he joined his father Increase Mather as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting House in Boston, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he preached for the rest of his life and was active in local politics. Mather was a prolific author concerning subjects such as witchcraft, medicine, religion and contemporary events.
- Occupation
- Christian minister, historian, theologian, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- February 12, 1663
- Died
- February 13, 1728, 1728
