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Mather, Richard

Record IDcnp00453436

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00453436

Gendermale

Biographical Data1596 - 1669

Last Edit2024-03-26

General Note

Minister in America. Born Lowton, now Liverpool. Educated local grammar school, then Toxteth Park. Matriculated Brasenose College, Oxford 1618, but returned to Toxteth very shortly after. Ordained 1619. Suspended 1633 after a frank exchange of views with a visitor to the Archbishop. Decided to emigrate to New England, reached Boston 1635. Played a leading role in shaping Congregationalism there. Published work justifying the New England church. Contributed to the first book printed in English America. Provided the working draft for the results of a synod in 1646. Died Dorchester, 1669.

anglikanischer Theologe; 1633/34 amtsenhoben; 1635 als Puritaner nach Amerika ausgewandert

More Information

Further Biographical Data1596-1669

1596-1669

ActivityPersonen zu Literaturgeschichte (Schriftsteller) (12.2p) (sswd)

Baptist (gnd)

Personen zu Kirchengeschichte, Systematischer und Praktischer Theologie, Kirche und Konfession (3.6p) (sswd)

Pfarrer (gnd)

Puritaner (gnd)

Schriftsteller (gnd)

Theologe (gnd)

CountryUSA

Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)

US (iso3166)

Großbritannien

Place of Activity

Place of ActivityDorchester, Mass.
Wirkungsort

Names

HeadingMather, Richard
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library

Mather, Richard
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameMathaerus, R.

Sources

Found inLOC. — DNB. — LCAuth. — Wikipedia: Stand: 31.01.2024: https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Mather&oldid=236955272

Imprint SourcesMather, Richard: A defence of the answer and arguments of the synod. - 1664

Mather, Richard: Church-government and church-covenant discussed. - 1643

Illustration of Richard Mather (1596-1669) by John Foster, circa 1675, used as an added frontispiece to a reissue of The life and death of that reverend man of God, Mr. Richard Mather, teacher of the church in Dorchester in New-England, 1670, by Increase Mather. *AC6.Ad198.Zz683t no.5, Houghton Library, Harvard University
[John Foster (illustrator), Increase Mather (author) / Houghton Library -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houghton AC6.Ad198.Zz683t no.5 - Richard Mather.jpg]