# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:55:02.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cotton"
name: "John Cotton"
slug: "john-cotton"
description: "John Cotton was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied for five years at Trinity College, Cambridge, and nine years at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He had already built a reputation as a scholar and outstanding preacher when he accepted the position of minister at St. Botolph's Church, Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1612."
tagline: "English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John.Cotton.cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1585-12-04"
deathDate: "1652-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.663108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton"
    title: "John Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton"
    title: "John Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_(minister)"
    title: "John Cotton (minister)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton"
    title: "John Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_(pasteur)"
    title: "John Cotton (pasteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_(ma'aikaci)"
    title: "John Cotton (ma'aikaci)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton"
    title: "John Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton"
    title: "John Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%BD%94%ED%8A%BC"
    title: "존 코튼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Cottonus_(clericus)"
    title: "Ioannes Cottonus (clericus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5024850"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump