Charles Wesley
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Charles Wesley was a male person born on December 18, 1707, and died on March 29, 1788. He was the father of eight children. His works include the titles Jesus, Lover of My Soul, Poems of Charles Wesley, Matthew, and Savior, Mark. He is associated with the genres of outsider, punk rock, and synth-punk, and is from the United States.
Wesley is tagged with the terms UK, praise and worship, christian, worship, and hymnwriter. He has a presence on Last.fm with 2143 listeners and a playcount of 8712. His works are referenced by 741 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him is, "God buries his workmen, but carries on his work."
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 55
Top works
- Jesus, Lover of My Soul
- Poems of Charles Wesley
- Matthew
- Savior
- Mark
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1963-05-31
- Active to
- 2003-08-21
Discography
- Double Door1994
- Machine Gun Kelly1994
- Mr. Magoo Goes To Jail1994
- Prisonshake1994
- Radiohead1994
- Rev. Norb #11994
- Rev. Norb #21994
- Atomic Records1995
- Delilah's1995
- Dr. Wax1995
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,143
- Total plays
- 8,712
Tags
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley (the Younger), and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley. Despite their closeness, Charles and his brother John did not always agree on questions relating to their beliefs. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Char
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,548x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 29,222x
- Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation
· 1990 · cited 23,855x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,789x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,484x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown; Jesu, thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art, Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.”
- “God buries his workmen, but carries on his work.”
- “Hail the heavenly Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.”
- “Come, Desire of nations, come, Fix in us thy humble home; Rise, the woman's conquering Seed, Bruise in us the serpent's head. . . . Adam's likeness, Lord, efface; Stamp thine image in its place. Second Adam from above, Reinstate us in thy love.”
- “Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.”
- “And can it be, that I should gain An Int'rest in the Saviour’s blood! Dy'd He for Me? ---- who caus'd his Pain! For Me? ---- who him to Death pursu'd! Amazing Love!  how can it be That Thou, my GOD shouldst die for Me?”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1707-12-18 ) 18 December 1707, Epworth , Lincolnshire , England
- Died
- 29 March 1788 (1788-03-29) (aged 80), London , England
- Education
- Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford
- Occupations
- Cleric , hymnist , poet
- Spouse
- Sarah Wesley ( née Gwynne)
- Children
- 8, including Samuel Wesley
- Parent s
- Samuel and Susanna Wesley
- Relatives
- Samuel Wesley (brother), Mehetabel Wesley Wright (sister), John Wesley (brother)
- Church
- Church of England
- Congregations served
- New Room, Bristol
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Wesley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Epworth
- Place of death
- London
- Father
- Samuel Wesley
- Mother
- Susanna Wesley
- Occupation
- cleric
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- Charles Wesley.jpg
- Number of children
- 8
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Charles Wesley
- date of birth
- 1707-12-18
- date of death
- 1788-03-29
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- place of burial
- London
- student
- Benjamin Carr
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Charles Wesley
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include "And Can It Be", "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing", "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today", "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling", the carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and "Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending".
Wesley was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, the son of Anglican cleric and poet Samuel Wesley and his wife Susanna. He was a younger brother of Methodist founder John Wesley and Anglican cleric Samuel Wesley the Younger. He was the father of musician Samuel Wesley and the grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charles Wesley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.