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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).

   • Children: Cotton Mather
   • Succeeded by: Samuel Willard (acting)

   • Occupation: Minister and author

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   Mar 26, 2024 · Increase Mather, Congregational minister, author, and educator, who was a determining influence in the councils of New England during the period when leadership passed into the hands of the first native-born generation. He was the son of Richard Mather, son-in-law of John Cotton, and father of Cotton Mather.

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   INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723). Even more than his illustrious son Cotton, Increase Mather, is representative of American Puritanism in seventeenth-century New England. As a leader of Boston’s ministry, he became the defender of Puritan orthodoxy during its decline; as president of Harvard, he guided the college through its most difficult period ...

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   Learn about Increase Mather, a prominent Puritan minister and leader in Boston and Massachusetts Bay Colony. Find out his role in the Salem Witch Trials, his views on spectral evidence, and his legacy in history and literature.

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   Where did Increase Mather go to school?

   • For the full article, see Increase Mather . Increase Mather, (born June 21, 1639, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony—died Aug. 23, 1723, Boston), American Puritan leader. The son of a Puritan cleric, he was educated at Harvard College and at Trinity College, Dublin.

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   Why was Increase Mather important?

   • In February 1674, Increase Mather delivered a sermon, entitled "The Day of Trouble is Near", the first of many great speeches to the faithful that would make him an influential Puritan leader in Boston and across the growing Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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   What did Increase Mather do in 1681?

   • In 1681, the same year he became president of Harvard (and when his son Cotton Mather was only eighteen years old), Increase Mather began work on a manuscript that was to be a collection of "illustrious providences" and he solicited contributions from the other Puritan ministers.

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   Why is Increase Mather a controversial name?

   • In discussions at Harvard, Increase Mather’s name was often mentioned almost in passing as a controversial one, given that he was a long-time owner of a slave called Spaniard and that his name is associated with a defining aspect of the undergraduate experience at Harvard: one of the 12 residential Houses.

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   The Reverend Increase Mather (June 21, 1639 – August 23, 1723) was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay (now the federal state of Massachusetts ). He was a Puritan minister who was involved with the government of the colony, the administration of Harvard College, and most ...

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   Learn about Increase Mather, Harvard's seventh president and the namesake of Mather House, through research by Mather students and faculty. Explore his political and religious contributions, his involvement in the Salem Witch Trials and his slaveholding, and the decision to name a House after him in 1966.

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   Increase Mather, (born June 21, 1639, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony—died Aug. 23, 1723, Boston), American Puritan leader. The son of a Puritan cleric, he was educated at Harvard College and at Trinity College, Dublin. He returned to New England and served as minister of Boston’s North Church (1661–1723).