Samuel Wesley (poet)

Samuel Wesley ( born December 17, 1662 † April 5, 1735 ) was an English poet and clergyman. He was the father of Charles and John Wesley, the founders of Methodism.

Life

His early education was Wesley in Dorchester, Stepney and Newington Green, before taking up a theological study at Exeter College, Oxford. His first small collection of poems Maggots: or Poems on Several Subjects never before Handled was published in 1685. In 1688 he married Susanna Annesley; of their total of 19 children died in infancy 9 who survived three sons Samuel (junior ), John and Charles, and seven daughters.

In 1693 he dedicated his The Life of Christ the Queen Mary II, which he might as thanks assigning a position as rector at Epworth ( North Lincolnshire ) earned (1697 ). At the beginning of the 18th century, Wesley was involved in the simmering dispute between theological and academic dissenters and conformists, which earned him sympathy and hostility from the various camps. In his writings and poetic works, he has a broad knowledge of classical and contemporary literature and science, he worked as a critic with the works of other authors.