Samuel Wesley

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As per our current Database, Samuel Wesley is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).

🎂 Samuel Wesley - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

Currently, Samuel Wesley is 258 years, 2 months and 2 days old. Samuel Wesley will celebrate 259rd birthday on a Monday 24th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Samuel Wesley upcoming birthday.

🌙 Zodiac

Samuel Wesley’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Samuel Wesley was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

About

Organist of the late Georgian period who was known as the English Mozart.

Before Fame

His conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1784 resulted in the mass Missa de spirtu sancto, which he dedicated to Pope Pius VI.

Trivia

He was appointed Grand Organist by the Duke of Sussex in 1812. He held the post until 1818.

Family Life

He was born into the famous Wesley family: his father was the Methodist hymn-writer John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, and his grandfather was late Stuart-period poet Samuel Wesley. His son was cathedral organist Samuel Sebastian Wesley.

Associated With

He composed a five-part madrigal titled O singe unto mie roundelaie, which was based on the poem by Thomas Chatterton.

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