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John Cotton.
English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)
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About John Cotton
John Cotton was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied for five years at Trinity College, Cambridge, and nine years at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He had already built a reputation as a scholar and outstanding preacher when he accepted the position of minister at St. Botolph's Church, Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1612.
Everything about John Cotton →- Occupation
- theologian, children's writer, Christian minister, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, United Kingdom
- Born
- December 4, 1585, 1584, 1585
- Died
- December 23, 1652, 1652