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Samuel Wesley

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clergyman of the Church of England, poet and writer (1662-1735)

Person · Open Library

Works
20

Top works

  • Memorials of Elizabeth Ann Wesley
  • Symphony 2 in d Major
  • Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry and the Essay on Heroic Poetry
  • Si, Iniquitates Observaveris
  • History of the New Testament Attempted in Verse and Adorn'd with One Hundred Fifty Two Sculptures. Written by S. Wesley, A. M. the Cutts Done by J. Sturt

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1963-05-31
Active to
2003-08-21
outsiderpunk rocksynth-punk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,992
Total plays
13,179

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Born in Bristol, England, he was the son of noted Methodist and hymn-writer Charles Wesley, the grandson of Samuel Wesley (a poet of the late Stuart period) and the nephew of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church. Samuel informed his mother of his philosophical conviction that his marriage had been constituted by sexual intercourse, precluding any civil or religious ceremony, but after a scandalous delay he married Charlotte Louise Martin in 1793, and they had 3 children. <a href="ht

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