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John Wesley
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John Wesley was an author who produced 1,260 works. His notable writings include *Reasons against a separation from the Church of England*, *A compendium of logic*, *A collection of psalms and hymns for the Lord's day*, *The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley Volume; Volume 2*, and *Journal of John Wesley*. He was born in 1703 and died in 1791.
A separate musical artist named John Wesley is identified as a male person from the United States. This artist is associated with the rock genre and has been tagged with descriptors such as progressive rock, singer-songwriter, and emotional. The artist has accumulated 40,921 listeners and 554,801 plays.
Quotes attributed to John Wesley include "Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees." and "Lord, let me not live to be useless!" The name John Wesley is referenced by 1,858 other encyclopedia articles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Wesley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Epworth
- Place of death
- St Luke's
- Father
- Samuel Wesley
- Mother
- Susanna Wesley
- Occupation
- missionary
- Educated at
- Charterhouse School
- Languages spoken
- Greek
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- John Wesley by William Hamilton.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Wesley
- date of birth
- 1703-06-17
- date of death
- 1791-03-02
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons gallery
- John Wesley
- influenced by
- Martin Luther
- place of burial
- Wesley's Chapel
- writing language
- English language
- feast day
- March 2
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- different from
- John Wesley
- Commons Creator page
- John Wesley
- P12749
- Matthias Platzeck
- name in native language
- John Wesley
- honorific prefix
- Reverend
Sources (6)
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to John Wesley, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Worship
The Sunday Service of the Methodists
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