William Williams Pantycelyn

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William Williams Pantycelyn was an 18th-century Welsh hymn writer and poet, often regarded as one of the chief hymnists of Wales and a leading figure in the Welsh Methodist revival.

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instanceOf Christian minister
Methodist leader
Welsh hymn writer
person
poet
alsoKnownAs Pantycelyn NERFINISHED
Williams of Pantycelyn NERFINISHED
burialPlace Llanfair-ar-y-bryn churchyard NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Wales NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1717
dateOfDeath 1791
educatedAt Llandovery Grammar School NERFINISHED
Llwyn-llwyd Academy NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Welsh
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork Christian hymnody
religious revivalism
genre hymn
religious poetry
givenName William
hasOccupation religious writer
influenced Welsh Nonconformist worship
Welsh hymnody
languageOfWorkOrName English
Welsh
movement Welsh Methodist revival
name William Williams Pantycelyn NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Welsh
notableFor being one of the chief hymnists of Wales
leading figure in the Welsh Methodist revival
notableWork Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah NERFINISHED
O’er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness NERFINISHED
occupation hymn writer
poet
preacher
placeOfBirth Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED
Cefn-coed farm, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED
Pantycelyn NERFINISHED
positionHeld Methodist exhorter
itinerant preacher
religion Christianity
Methodism NERFINISHED
residence Pantycelyn farm, near Llandovery NERFINISHED
spouse Mary Francis NERFINISHED
wrote over 800 hymns

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Calvinist Methodism hasKeyFigure William Williams Pantycelyn