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 |
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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. | |