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Isaac Watts
English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 17 July 1674
- Died
- 25 November 1748
- Place of birth
- Southampton
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Isaac
- Family name
- Watts
- Occupation
- theologian, philosopher, poet, hymnwriter, writer, author, librettist, lyricist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Religion
- Protestantism
- depicted by
- Isaac Watts
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Library of the World's Best Literature, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- educated at
- King Edward VI School
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- notable work
- Our God, Our Help in Ages Past, Come, We Who Love the Lord, From All That Dwell Below the Skies, Joy to the World
- place of burial
- Bunhill Fields
- topic's main category
- Category:Isaac Watts
- writing language
- English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
- Shall Wisdom Cry Aloud
- Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs
- Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite
- Love Between Brothers and Sisters
- När världens Frälsare jag ser
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
- Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite
- Love between Brothers and Sisters
- Love between Brothers and Sisters
- Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray
- Lord, what a heav'n of saving grace
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