Isaac Watts

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Christian minister Nonconformist human hymn writer poet theologian

Isaac Watts was an influential English Christian minister, theologian, and prolific hymn writer often called the "Father of English Hymnody."

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Label	Occurrences
Isaac Watts canonical	5
Isaac Watts Jr. (subsequent hymn writers using his style)	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian minister ⓘ Nonconformist ⓘ human ⓘ hymn writer ⓘ poet ⓘ theologian ⓘ
activeYears	early 18th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
birthDate	1674-07-17 ⓘ
birthPlace	Southampton, Hampshire, England ⓘ surface form: Southampton, England
burialPlace	Bunhill Fields ⓘ surface form: Bunhill Fields, London
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1748-11-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Stoke Newington, London, England ⓘ
denomination	Dissenters ⓘ surface form: English Dissenters
educatedAt	King Edward VI School, Southampton ⓘ
father	Isaac Watts Sr. ⓘ
fieldOfWork	hymnody ⓘ logic ⓘ theology ⓘ
genre	hymn ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ theological writing ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	English-language congregational singing ⓘ Protestant hymnals worldwide ⓘ
hasMonument	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
influenced	Charles Wesley ⓘ Christian worship music ⓘ English hymnody ⓘ Isaac Watts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isaac Watts Jr. (subsequent hymn writers using his style) John Wesley ⓘ Philip Doddridge ⓘ
influencedBy	Puritanism ⓘ surface form: English Puritanism John Owen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	Nonconformism in England ⓘ surface form: Nonconformism
name	Isaac Watts self-link ⓘ
nickname	Father of English Hymnody ⓘ
notableWork	Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed ⓘ Come, We That Love the Lord ⓘ How Sweet and Awful Is the Place ⓘ Hymns and Spiritual Songs ⓘ I Sing the Mighty Power of God ⓘ Joy to the World ⓘ Logic, or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth ⓘ O God, Our Help in Ages Past ⓘ O God, Our Help in Ages Past ⓘ surface form: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament ⓘ surface form: Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament The Improvement of the Mind ⓘ There Is a Land of Pure Delight ⓘ When I Survey the Wondrous Cross ⓘ
occupation	Christian minister ⓘ hymn writer ⓘ poet ⓘ theologian ⓘ
positionHeld	pastor at Mark Lane Independent Chapel, London ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Southampton ⓘ Stoke Newington ⓘ
sibling	Eileen Watts (sister; historically, he had several siblings though names are less documented) ⓘ
style	devotional lyric poetry ⓘ metrical psalm paraphrase ⓘ
wroteAbout	Christian doctrine ⓘ education ⓘ ethics ⓘ logic and reasoning ⓘ
wroteTextFor	Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed ⓘ Come, We That Love the Lord ⓘ How Sweet and Awful Is the Place ⓘ I Sing the Mighty Power of God ⓘ Joy to the World ⓘ surface form: Joy to the World (lyrics based on Psalm 98) O God, Our Help in Ages Past ⓘ O God, Our Help in Ages Past ⓘ surface form: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past There Is a Land of Pure Delight ⓘ When I Survey the Wondrous Cross ⓘ

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Bunhill Fields → notableBurial → Isaac Watts ⓘ

Watts → hasNotableBearer → Isaac Watts ⓘ

Joy to the World → lyricist → Isaac Watts ⓘ

James Hervey → influencedBy → Isaac Watts ⓘ

Isaac Watts → name → Isaac Watts self-link ⓘ

Isaac Watts → influenced → Isaac Watts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isaac Watts Jr. (subsequent hymn writers using his style)