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Cooper, William

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Congregational minister was a native of Boston, born in 1694, and graduated at Harvard 1712. He commenced preaching in 1715, and was ordained collegiate pastor of the Brattle-street Church, May 23, 1716. He was elected president of Harvard in 1737, but declined the honor. He died Dec. 12, 1743. Mr. Cooper published A Tract defending Inoculation for the Small-pox (1721); The Doctrine of Predestination unto Life vindicated in four Sermons (1740); and several occasional discourses. Sprague, Annals, 1:288.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cooper, William'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cooper-william.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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