# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-wesley
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:54:40.641Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-wesley"
name: "Charles Wesley"
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description: "Charles Wesley was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include \"And Can It Be\", \"O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing\", \"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today\", \"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling\", the carol \"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing\", and \"Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending\"."
tagline: "English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)"
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birthDate: "1707-12-18"
deathDate: "1788-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump