Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather (; February 12, 1663 – February 15, 1728) was a Puritan theologian, naturalist and historian active in New England as a clergyman, publishing numerous texts concerning subjects including demonology, morality, apologetics, natural history, zoology, botany, meteorology, astronomy, medicine, fossils, agriculture, and New England history.

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