biography
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| lived:
| (1705–87)
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| biography:
| Protestant religious leader, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He studied at Harvard (1721) and became pastor of the First (Congregational) Church of Boston (1727), where he remained for 60 years. A leader of theological liberalism in New England, he was in constant conflict with his Calvinist contemporary, Jonathan Edwards. A political liberal, he was also an ardent patriot during the Revolution. |
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