Barry Arthur Cotton enjoys telling stories that history overlooks. He is the 7th great-grandson of the Rev. John Cotton. Renowned as The Puritan Patriarch of New England, John Cotton was a Founding Father to America’s Founding Fathers and established both the first public school and the first university in North America- the Boston Latin School and Harvard University. Barry was a Trustee of the Partnership of the Two Historic Bostons that links Boston, England, and Boston, Massachusetts, and is President Emeritus of the Winthrop Society. He has authored articles for the Winthrop Journal and the Mayflower Quarterly. Barry grew up in Longmont, Colorado, and received a B.A. in philosophy from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, and an M.A. in ESL/linguistics from the University of Hawaii. Barry has worked most of his life overseas in Japan and the Middle East and recently retired to Austin, Texas, after serving as special advisor to an ambassador at the United Nations in New York City. He is currently writing a biography called "John Cotton: An Intimate Consideration of His Life and Times," which recently was awarded first place in the WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS 2017 nonfiction manuscript contest.