John Cotton may refer to: John Cotton (fl. 1379–88), MP for Cambridge 1379–1388 John Cotton (MP died 1593) (1513–1593), MP for Cambridgeshire 1553, 1554...

John Cotton (4 December 1585 – 23 December 1652) was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and...

John Cotton Dana (August 19, 1856, in Woodstock, Vermont – July 21, 1929, in Newark, New Jersey) was an American library and museum director who sought...

Cotton Mather FRS (/ˈmæðər/; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on...

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow...

John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 – December 7, 1845) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United...

minister John Cotton. The most notable Free Grace advocates, often called "Antinomians", were Anne Hutchinson, her brother-in-law Reverend John Wheelwright...

Alford where they began following preacher John Cotton in the nearby port of Boston, Lincolnshire. Cotton was compelled to emigrate in 1633, and the Hutchinsons...

"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (also known as In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home) is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better...

son, Sir Thomas Cotton (d. 1662), and grandson, Sir John Cotton (d. 1702). Sir Robert's grandson, Sir John Cotton, donated the Cotton library to Great...

John Cotton Richmond is an American attorney and diplomat. From 2018 to 2021, Richmond served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking...

John Cotton (born October 30, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player and an Olympic gold medalist in baseball. Cotton has played 15...

Sir John Cotton (1543? – 1620 or 1621), of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician. Cotton was the eldest son of MP, John Cotton of Landwade...

Johannes Cotto (John Cotton, Johannes Afflighemensis; fl. c. 1100) was a music theorist, possibly of English origin, most likely working in southern Germany...

Edward John Cotton (1 June 1829 – 14 June 1899) was an English accountant who became manager of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway and, subsequently,...

founded the Cotton library. Sir Robert Cotton was born on 22 January 1571 in Denton, Huntingdonshire, the son and heir of Thomas Cotton (1544–1592) of...

John Cotton (fl. 1379–1388) was an English politician. He was Mayor of Cambridge from September 1376 to 1378. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of...

Thomas Cotton KCSI (15 May 1803 – 24 July 1899) was a British army officer and irrigation engineer who worked in the Madras Presidency. Cotton devoted...

virginity (associated with the Virgin Mary), citing Edward Taylor and John Cotton. One Puritan settlement in western Massachusetts banished a husband because...

Cotton candy, also known as candy floss (candyfloss) and fairy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It is made by heating and liquefying...

John Cotton (17 December 1801 – 14 December 1849) was a British poet, ornithological writer and artist, who became an early pastoral settler in Victoria...

John Cotton (born 7 November 1940) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman who played first-class...

May, the total number of people in custody was 62. Cotton Mather wrote to one of the judges, John Richards, a member of his congregation, on May 31, 1692...

civil magistrate. He was a grandson of John Cotton (1585–1652) and a cousin of Cotton Mather. His father John Cotton Jr. was a pastor of the First Church...

(1642). Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes, written by the Puritan minister John Cotton and published in 1656, was the first known children's book published...

A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity...

following their Puritan minister John Cotton. Cotton became the teacher of the Boston church, working alongside its pastor John Wilson, and Hutchinson joined...

John Cotton (2 March 1930 – 1 October 2015) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City and Crewe Alexandra. Cotton came...

Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former Army officer serving as the junior United States senator from...

The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth...