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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

LC control no.n 50044161
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingMather, Increase, 1639-1723
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Variant(s)Mather, I. (Increase), 1639-1723
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1639-06-21
Death date1723-08-23
Place of birthDorchester (Boston, Mass.)
Place of deathBoston (Mass.)
Field of activityProtestantism Church work
AffiliationHarvard College (1636-1780)
Profession or occupationClergy
Found inHistory of King Philip's war: title page (Increase Mather)
His A discourse concerning the maintenance ... [MI] 1706: t.p. (I. Mather, D.D.)
English Wikipedia, viewed Apr. 8, 2014 (Increase Mather, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, June 21, 1639, was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay; he was a Puritain minister who was involved with the government of the colony and with the administration of Harvard College; he was the son of Richard Mathere and the father of Cotton Mather; died in Boston on August 23, 1723)
National bib agency no.1031J2619E
Associated languageeng
Quality codenlc