John Wesley

John Wesley

male, deceased (1791)
English pamphlet writer, Christianity in London, English letter writer, Renewers of the church, Christian Revivalist, Christianity in Oxford…Christian theologian, Christianhymnwriter, Christian missionary in North America, Christian evangelicalism
John Wesley was an eighteenth-century Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. Methodism had...
John Keble

John Keble

male, deceased (1866)
Christianhymnwriter, Oxford Movement, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, Keble College, Oxford, Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fairford…The Christian Year
John Keble (April 25, 1792 - March 29, 1866) was an English churchman, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his name to Keble...
Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

female, deceased (1894)
Christianhymnwriter, Sonneteers, Victorian poetry, buried at Highgate Cemetery, English women writer, Women poet
Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894) was an English poet. Her siblings were the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti,...
John Henry Cardinal Newman

John Henry Cardinal Newman

male, deceased (1890)
English historical novelist, Religious writer, poet, writer, cardinal, Anglo-catholicism…Christianhymnwriter, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, JHCN. (February 21 1801 - August 11 1890) was an English convert to Roman Catholicism, later made a...
Fanny Crosby

Fanny Crosby

female, deceased (1915)
poet, preaching, writer, American, from New York City, Lyricist…Christian, Christian evangelicalism, Christianhymnwriter
Frances Jane Crosby usually known as Fanny Crosby, was an American lyricist best known for her Protestant Christian hymns. She was one of the most...
Francis Of Assisi

Francis Of Assisi

male, deceased (1226)
Renewers of the church, Franciscan spirituality, friar, Roman Catholic, Beggars, Christianhymnwriter…Christian
Saint Francis of Assisi was a Roman Catholic friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans.
Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts

male, deceased (1748)
Congregationalist, Christian evangelicalism, hymn, English, From Southampton, Christianhymnwriter…English hymnwriter
Isaac Watts is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750...
Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley

male, deceased (1788)
English Christian minister, Renewers of the church, Evangelical Anglican, lincolnshire, hymn, composer…Christianhymnwriter, English hymnwriter, Christian missionary in North America, Christian evangelicalism
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 - 29 March 1788) was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. Despite their...
William Cowper

William Cowper

male, deceased (1800)
Evangelical Anglican, From berkhamsted, hymnodist, eternal damnation, English hymnwriter, Christianhymnwriter…Christian evangelicalism
William Cowper (pronounced Cooper /'ku:pə(r)/) (November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poe...
John Rippon

John Rippon

male, deceased (1836)
New Park Street Chapel, English Baptist minister, dissenter, john gill, English, Sacred Harp…Christianhymnwriter, English hymnwriter, Christian evangelicalism
John Rippon was an English Baptist minister and in 1787 published an important hymnal, "A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, Intended to Be...