Samuel Wesley

(1766-1837)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wesley, Samuel, 1766-1837 NRA: Wesley Samuel (1766-1837) Musician DNB: Wesley, Samuel (1766-1837), composer and organist LBT ID: SaWesle1837 VIAF ID: 12493252 LOC ID: n81017340	B/BAP: 1766-02-24 DIED: 1837-10-11
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English composer and organist, the son of Charles Wesley; he converted to Catholicism in 1784 and lectured on music in London. He suffered from mental instability.
REFERENCES TO Samuel Wesley: Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello, 24 June 1817 in Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Found 1: ¶ 1 Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877, Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Leigh Hunt