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Isaac Watts
English writer and theologian
Isaac Watts was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", and... Wikipedia
Born: July 17, 1674, Southampton, United Kingdom
Died: November 25, 1748 (age 74 years), Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom
Known for: "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"
Parents: Sarah Taunton and Isaac Watts
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Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Widely recognized as the unrivaled father of English hymnody, Isaac Watts wrote more than a thousand hymns and psalm settings including O ...
Isaac Watts, the English hymn-writer, theologian and logician, was born in Southampton in July 1674, and educated at King Edward VI School.
Watts was born July 17, 1674 at Southampton, England, the eldest of nine children. His father was a Dissenter from the Anglican Church.
The mature Isaac Watts used his God-given gift to write inspiring sacred songs which affected hundreds of thousands of believers in God in his life-time.
Sep 15, 2024 · Isaac Watts, DD, pastor of a Church of Christ in London, successor to the Rev. Joseph Carlyl, Dr. John Owen, Mr. David Clarkson, and Dr. Isaac Chauncey.
Aug 8, 2008 · Isaac Watts ; 1651. Hobbes' Leviathan ; 1653. Cromwell named Lord Protector ; 1667. John Milton's Paradise Lost ; 1674. Isaac Watts born ; 1748.