Charles Wesley

(1707-1788)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788 NRA: Wesley Charles (1707-1788) Methodist DNB: Wesley, Charles (1707–1788), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism LBT ID: ChWesle1788 VIAF ID: 117440 LOC ID: n50003882	B/BAP: 1707-12-18 DIED: 1788-03-29
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Hymn-writer, the son of Samuel Wesley (d. 1735); educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he was with his brother John a founder of Methodism. He was the father of the composers Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley.
REFERENCES TO Charles Wesley: Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1800 Found 1: ¶ 2