1600-1754: Science and Medicine: Headline Makers

American Eras

1600-1754: Science and Medicine: Headline Makers

John Bartram (1699-1777)

Jane Colden (1724-1766)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Louis Hennepin (1640-1701?)

John Josselyn (1608?-1675?)

Cotton Mather (1663-1728)


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; ...little to improve the reputation of Cotton Mather. Born in 1663, the Harvard educated...clergy. But despite his numerous works, Cotton Mather is only remembered as the man whose...supposedly being a witch or wizard. Cotton Mather died in 1728, but his legend from the... Read more
BOSTON'S BOUTS WITH SMALLPOX
; ...grim scene remembered by 15- year-old Cotton Mather, who described the sound of church...May 1721 the "pox" struck once more. Cotton Mather was now the minister at the Second...Mather's window with a note attached: "Cotton Mather, You Dog, Dam You: I'll Inoculate you... Read more
Cool ways of cotton
; Cotton Mather H Water Rats, WC1 THESE are confusing times for watchers of white milquetoast...critics but mean zilch to the public at large. Copper Records band Cotton Mather, like Jason Faulkner and Darin before them, have to fight against this... Read more
The Politics of Captivity
; ...a humiliation sermon preached by Cotton Mather and was followed in turn by another...Swarton (both written and published by Cotton Mather), and the narrative of John Williams (whose wife was Cotton Mather's cousin). As the parenthetical... Read more
Testimony: The Invisible World
; Cotton Mather I have indeed set myself to countermine the whole plot of the Devil...far as one of my Darkness can comprehend such a Work of Darkness. -Cotton Mather, Wonders of the Invisible World Each word weighted my mouth, my voice... Read more
Subtle flavours to enhance the beef
; ...mention he was rather partial to an American group called Cotton Mather. His blessing didn't account for the seething mob in the...Nineties and should progress further in the Naughty Noughts. Cotton Mather's support, The Shazam, are yet another reason to ditch corporate... Read more
ANN's weekly magazine focuses on Asia's headline makers
; ...On the magazine's cover is Princess Aiko, the most famous four- year-old in Japan. The first issue also features other headline makers in the region. Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of China Daily and this year's ANN chairman, said the magazine opens up another... Read more
The homespun power popsters.(Review)
; Byline: MAX BELL COTTON MATHER (Rating - good) Borderline WHILE they've borrowed their band name from an infamous American preacher, Texan mavericks Cotton Mather are not so much concerned with fire and brimstone as the pursuit of happiness, wrapped... Read more
Latin School must work for today, not the 1600s
; ...diversity part of the mission statement of Latin School? Cotton Mather, the founder, and the graduates whom I know would not agree...letters, Dec. 9). The Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. Cotton Mather wasn't born until 1663. His first link to the school was... Read more
Constructive possession
; ...of the Salem witch trials of 300 years ago. The Reverend Cotton Mather's fears, fantasies and sermons play very well today, thank...but two others were guilty of constructive possession. (Old Cotton Mather merely believed that the devil possessed the children.) There... Read more

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