John Cotton (Puritan)
(1585-1652)
17th-century Puritan minister in England and America
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John Cotton (4 December 1585 – 23 December 1652) 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 another nine 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.
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1585 Derby, Derbyshire, Kingdom of England
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1652 (aged 66) Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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