Brattle, William

Brattle, William a Congregational minister, was born in Boston 1662. After his graduation at Harvard, 1680, he remained as tutor and fellow a number of years. He was installed pastor in Cambridge, Nov. 25, 1696, in which place he remained until his death, Feb. 15, 1717. He published a Compendium Logicce secundum principia D. Renati Cartesii plerumque efformatum et catechisticepropositum, which was used as a textbook in Harvard.-- Sprague, Annals, i, 236.