Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister, hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymn writer, his work was part of evangelization. He was recognized as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages.
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English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)
Born | 17 July 1674 |
Died | 25 November 1748 |
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English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)
Born | 17 July 1674 |
Died | 25 November 1748 |
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English Hymns, Bible, Paraphrases, Psalters, Early works to 1800, English Paraphrases, Catechisms, Children's songs, Hymns, Conduct of life, Logic, Congregational churches, English Sermons, Creeds, English Religious poetry, Self-culture, Texts, Education, Juvenile literature, English Catechisms, Lord's Supper, Prayer, Christianity, Baptists, Christian lifePlaces
United States, England, Great Britain, Massachusetts, Northampton, Boston (Mass.), Connecticut, IndiaPeople
Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Jesus Christ, John Locke (1632-1704), George Washington (1732-1799), John Hartopp Sir (1637?-1722), John Rogers (1500?-1555), George I King of Great Britain (1660-1727), George III King of Great Britain (1738-1820), A person, Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Edward Holyoke (1689-1769), Elizabeth Hartopp (-1711), Elizabeth Hartopp Lady (d. 1711), Elizabeth Hutchinson (1642-1713), Elizabeth Mather (-1713), Hartopp Lady (-1711), Hartopp Lady (d. 1711), Issac Watts (1674-1748), John Hartopp Sir (d. 1722), John Mason (1646?-1694), John Rippon (1751-1836), John Wilmot Rochester Earl of (1647-1680), Thomas Gouge (1665?-1700)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL51887A
- ISNI: 0000000121224183
- VIAF: 17298403
- Wikidata: Q537034
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q537034
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- Isaac Watts
- Watts, Isaac
- Rev. I. Watts
- Rev. Isaac Watts
- Isaac Watts, D.D.
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