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John Wesley

1703 - 1791

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John Wesley ( WESS-lee; 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day. Educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, Wesley was elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1726 and ordained as an Anglican priest two years later. At Oxford, he led the "Holy Club", a society formed for the purpose of the study and the pursuit of a devout Christian life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Wesley is the 618th most popular religious figure (down from 604th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 412th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Religious Figure.

Wesley was an Anglican priest and theologian who founded the Methodist movement. He is most famous for his work in the evangelical movement.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Wesley ranks 618 out of 3,187. Before him are Eli, Saint Casimir, Tamar, Canaan, Anne Catherine Emmerich, and Rāhula. After him are Abbas ibn Ali, Zayd ibn Thabit, Simon Magus, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Rabanus Maurus, and Atiśa.

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Among people born in 1703, John Wesley ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, François Boucher, and Marie Leszczyńska. After him are Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Jonathan Edwards, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, and Johann Gottlieb Graun. Among people deceased in 1791, John Wesley ranks 4. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, and Grigory Potemkin. After him are Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Jacob Frank, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Ignaz von Born, Joseph Gaertner, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Johan Andreas Murray, and João de Loureiro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wesley ranks 512 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Eddington (1882), Andrew Irvine (1902), Howard Staunton (1810), Beatrix Potter (1866), Robert Walpole (1676), and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900). After him are William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), Glenn Hughes (1951), Christopher Hogwood (1941), John Michell (1724), and Colin Firth (1960).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, John Wesley ranks 8. Before him are Saint Boniface (680), John Harvard (1607), Saint Ursula (400), Saint Walpurga (710), Alcuin (735), and William Laud (1573). After him are Thomas Becket (1119), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Knox (1514), Edward the Confessor (1003), Richard Williamson (1940), and Willibrord (658).

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