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Isaac Watts

1674 - 1748

Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past". He is recognised as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Watts is the 4,641st most popular writer (down from 4,550th in 2019), the 3,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,262nd in 2019) and the 395th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isaac Watts ranks 4,641 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Nashe, Elizabeth Goudge, Ramón J. Sender, Guillaume Musso, Alexander Volkov, and Christian Matras. After him are Urs Widmer, Levon Shant, Pierre Mac Orlan, A. Merritt, Sahar Khalifeh, and Nathanael West.

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Thomas Nashe
1567 - 1601
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 4,635
Elizabeth Goudge
1900 - 1984
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 4,636
Ramón J. Sender
1901 - 1982
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 4,637
Guillaume Musso
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 4,638
Alexander Volkov
1891 - 1977
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 4,639
Christian Matras
1900 - 1988
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 4,640
Isaac Watts
1674 - 1748
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 4,641
Urs Widmer
1938 - 2014
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 4,642
Levon Shant
1869 - 1951
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 4,643
Pierre Mac Orlan
1882 - 1970
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 4,644
A. Merritt
1884 - 1943
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 4,645
Sahar Khalifeh
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 4,646
Nathanael West
1903 - 1940
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 4,647

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1674, Isaac Watts ranks 12. Before him are Jeremiah Clarke, Jethro Tull, Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Catharine Trotter Cockburn, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Among people deceased in 1748, Isaac Watts ranks 16. Before him are Ebrahim Afshar, William Kent, Abul Khair Khan, Aleksei Chirikov, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, and Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun. After him are Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and William Adam.

Others Born in 1674

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Jeremiah Clarke
COMPOSER
1674 - 1707
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 6
Jethro Tull
INVENTOR
1674 - 1741
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 7
Marie of Lorraine
NOBLEMAN
1674 - 1724
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 8
Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1674 - 1748
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 9
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde
HISTORIAN
1674 - 1743
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 10
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1674 - 1713
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 11
Isaac Watts
WRITER
1674 - 1748
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 12
Catharine Trotter Cockburn
WRITER
1674 - 1749
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 13
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
POLITICIAN
1674 - 1738
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 14

Others Deceased in 1748

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Ebrahim Afshar
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1748
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 10
William Kent
ARCHITECT
1685 - 1748
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 11
Abul Khair Khan
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1748
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 12
Aleksei Chirikov
EXPLORER
1703 - 1748
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 13
Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1674 - 1748
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 14
Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun
NOBLEMAN
1677 - 1748
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 15
Isaac Watts
WRITER
1674 - 1748
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 16
Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
NOBLEMAN
1694 - 1748
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 17
William Adam
ARCHITECT
1689 - 1748
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 18