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Increase Mather (/ ˈ m æ ð ər /; June 21, 1639 Old Style [page needed] – August 23, 1723 Old Style) was a New England Puritan clergyman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and president of Harvard College for twenty years (1681–1701).
26 de mar. de 2024 · Increase Mather (born June 21, 1639, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]—died August 23, 1723, Boston) was a Boston Congregational minister, author, and educator, who was a determining influence in the councils of New England during the crucial period when leadership passed into the hands of the first native-born generation.
INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723). Even more than his illustrious son Cotton, Increase Mather, is representative of American Puritanism in seventeenth-century New England.
legacy of Increase Mather, Harvard’s seventh president and the namesake of Mather House. The effort was in response to a growing discussion about confronting the historical legacies of the names that adorn the buildings on Harvard’s campus. This discussion, in turn, was sparked by the increased attention in the national media and on
With Phips went Increase Mather's highest patron in civil government and any hopes he might have had of restraining the court in Salem. As June stretched into July, the pace of arrests, examinations, and imprisonments only quickened leading to the execution of five women on July 19.
Increase firmó «El retorno de varios ministros», escrito por su hijo, Cotton Mather, en el que se hacía constar que los ministros de Boston pedían cautela en el uso de pruebas espectrales en el tribunal de Salem.
18 de may. de 2018 · "Increase" refers to the belief that God increased his favor for the world by sending his son, Jesus of Nazareth, to save sinners. In 1663, Increase had a son whom he named Cotton after his father-in-law, John Cotton. Cotton Mather (see biography and primary source entries) also became a prominent minister in Boston.
