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Samuel Wesley
Samuel Wesley may refer to: * Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735) (1662–1735), English poet and churchman * Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1739) (1691–1739), English poet and churchman, son of the above * Samuel Wesley (composer, born 1766) (1766–1837), English organist and composer, grandson of Samuel Wesley (1662–1735) * Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876), English organist and composer, son of the above *Sir Samuel Robert Wesley (died 1877), Royal Marines general {{hndis, Wesley, Samuel ...
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Samuel Wesley (poet, Died 1735)
Samuel Wesley (17 December 1662 – 25 April 1735) was a clergyman of the Church of England, a poet, and a writer. He was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism. Family and early life Samuel Wesley was the second son of Rev. John Westley or Wesley, rector of Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. His mother was the daughter of John White, the rector of Trinity Church, Dorchester. Following grammar school education in Dorchester, Wesley was sent away from home to prepare for ministerial training under Theophilus Gale. Gale's death in 1678 forestalled this plan. Instead, he attended another grammar school. After that, he studied at dissenting academies under Edward Veel in Stepney and then Charles Morton in Newington Green, where Gale had lived. Daniel Defoe also attended Morton's school. This school was situated "probably on the site of the current Unitarian church", contemporaneously with Wesley. Samuel resigned his place and his annual ...
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Samuel Wesley (poet, Died 1739)
Samuel Wesley (10 February 1690 or 1691 – 6 November 1739) was a poet, teacher and an Anglican cleric. He was the eldest of the Wesley brothers—with younger brothers John and Charles—but did not play a notable role in the nascent Methodist movement. Birth Wesley was the eldest son of the cleric and poet Samuel Wesley and of Susanna Annesley Wesley. He was the brother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley. He was born in Spitalfields, London in either 1690 or 1691. He said he was 18 years old in 1711 and he wrote a letter in which he said he was born in 1690. His tombstone said he died in his 49th year, which would put his birth in 1691. Education and career Wesley was educated at Westminster School before entering Christ Church, Oxford in 1711 where he received a B.A. degree in 1715 and a M.A. in 1718. He was ordained and became head usher at Westminster School for 20 years (from 1713 to 1733). After that he was master of Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, where h ...
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Samuel Wesley (composer, Born 1766)
Samuel Wesley (24 February 1766 – 11 October 1837) was an English organ (music), organist and composer in the late Georgian era, Georgian period. Wesley was a contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart (1756–1791) and was called by some "the English Mozart".Kassler, Michael & Olleson, Philip (2001). ''Samuel Wesley (1766–1837): A Source Book''. Ashgate. Personal life Born on 24 February 1766, in Bristol, he was the son of noted Methodist and hymnodist Charles Wesley, the grandson of Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735), Samuel Wesley (a poet of the late Stuart period) and the nephew of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church. His early musical education mostly took place in the Charles Wesley's House, family home in Bristol, where Sarah Wesley, his mother, sang and played the harpsichord. Hymn tunes and the works of George Frideric Handel, Handel were the family's favourite pieces. Samuel also had lessons from David Williams, the organist of All Saints' Church, Br ...
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (14 August 1810 – 19 April 1876) was an English organ (music), organist and composer. Wesley married Mary Anne Merewether and had 6 children. He is often referred to as S.S. Wesley to avoid confusion with his father Samuel Wesley. Biography Born in London, he was the eldest child in the composer Samuel Wesley (composer, born 1766), Samuel Wesley's second family, which he formed with Sarah Suter having separated from his wife Charlotte. Samuel Sebastian was the grandson of Charles Wesley. His middle name derived from his father's lifelong admiration for the music of Bach. After singing in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy, Samuel Sebastian embarked on a career as a musician, and was appointed organist at Hereford Cathedral in 1832. While there he married the sister of the Dean, John Merewether. S.S. Wesley was, like his father Samuel Wesley, a Freemason. He was initiated in Palladian Lodge No.120 in Hereford on 17 September 1833. He moved to E ...
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