Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1739)
Samuel Wesley | |
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Portrait of by Nathaniel Parr (Poems on Several Occasions, 1743) | |
| Born | 10 February 1691 Spitalfields, London, England |
| Died | 6 November 1739 (aged 48) Tiverton, Devon, England |
| Other names | Samuel Wesley the Younger; Samuel Wesley Junior |
| Occupation | Anglican priest |
| Known for | Christian poetry |
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.