Thomas Hooker (July 5 1586 - July 7 1647) was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader remembered as one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. Born at rural Marefield, Leicestershire, England, the son of a farm manager, Thomas Hooker won a good scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, where in time he became the equivalent of a professor of theology. After Mr. Wikipedia
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