RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788

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Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include "And Can It Be", "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing", "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today", "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling", the carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and "Lo! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Wesley is the 2,195th most popular religious figure (down from 1,934th in 2019), the 2,666th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,216th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Wesley ranks 2,195 out of 3,187. Before him are Armand Razafindratandra, Rukhmabai, Domenico Ferrata, Hilarion of Kiev, Uthman ibn Maz'un, and William of the White Hands. After him are Jonathan Sacks, Matrona Nikonova, Pami, François de Tournon, László Paskai, and Ieronymos II of Athens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Charles Wesley ranks 15. Before him are Louis, Duke of Brittany, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, and Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. After him are Johannes Burman, Benjamin Robins, Johann Amman, and Stephen Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1788, Charles Wesley ranks 21. Before him are François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, Toriyama Sekien, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, and Francesco Zuccarelli. After him are Salomon Gessner, Pierre André de Suffren, Mary Delany, Juan Bautista de Anza, Benjamin Wilson, and John Whitehurst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Wesley ranks 2,667 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Freeman (1943), Andrew Robertson (1994), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Sylvester McCoy (1943), Dennis Stratton (1952), and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889). After him are Jonathan Sacks (1948), Jodie Whittaker (1982), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Jenna Coleman (1986), Peter Frampton (1950), and John Aston Sr. (1921).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Charles Wesley ranks 68. Before him are Cuthbert (635), Richard of Chichester (1197), Joseph Butler (1692), Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Benedict Biscop (628), and Roger Deakins (1949). After him are Jonathan Sacks (1948), Willehad (735), Asser (900), George Cruikshank (1792), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), and Arthur Roche (1950).

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