John Wesley

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John Wesley
Honorific prefix The Reverend
Birth Date 28 June 1703 or O.S. 17 June
Birth Place Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Death Date March 1791 (aged 87)
Death Place London, England
Occupation Cleric, theologian, academic (Lincoln College, Oxford), author
Spouse div. Mary Vazeille (1751-1758)
Parents Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735) (father), Susanna Wesley (mother)
Other Relatives Samuel Wesley (brother), Mehetabel Wesley Wright (sister), Charles Wesley (brother)
Tradition / Movement Methodism, WesleyanismArminianism

John Wesley (28 June 1703 (O.S. 17 June) – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day.