John Wesley

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John Wesley
Honorific prefix The Reverend
Birth Date 28 June 1703 / 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.