Hooker, Thomas
HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647), was an English and American Puritan minister. Born in Leicestershire, Hooker took his B.A. and M.A. at Cambridge, where he was variously Dixie fellow,...
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Thomas Hooker (1586-1647), English-born Puritan theologian, was founder and spiritual leader of the Connecticut colony in New England.Thomas Hooker was born in Leicestershire. After receiving a prepar...
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When Thomas Hooker died in Hartford, Connecticut, in the summer of 1647, his congregation and colleagues mourned the loss of an exceptional preacher and pastor. Two prominent members of his congregati...
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