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Jul 05, 1586 Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Died on 07 Jul 1647 (aged 61)
Puritan minister
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About Thomas Hooker
- Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.
- He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage. Called today "the Father of Connecticut", Rev.
- Thomas Hooker was a towering figure in the early development of colonial New England.
- He was one of the great preachers of his time, an erudite writer on Christian subjects, the first minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the first settlers and founders of both the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut, and cited by many as the inspiration for the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut", which some have called the world's first written democratic constitution establishing a representative government.
