For the British naval architect, see Isaac Watts (naval architect).
The Reverend
Isaac Watts
Portrait by an unknown artist
Born
(1674-07-17)17 July 1674
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died
25 November 1748(1748-11-25) (aged 74)
Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England
Occupation(s)
Hymnwriter, theologian
Known for
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"
Statue of Watts, Abney Park Cemetery
Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", and "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past". He is recognised as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages.
committed religious nonconformist; his father, also IsaacWatts, had been incarcerated twice for his views. Watts had a classical education at King Edward VI...
Logick, the English minister and logician IsaacWatts enumerated the elements then recognized by chemists. Watts' list of elements included two of Paracelsus'...
and As pants the hart for cooling streams is a setting of Psalm 42. IsaacWatts produced a metrical psalter, in which he breaks out of the ballad metre...
Scripture, Watts wrote metered texts based on New Testament passages that brought the Christian faith into the songs of the church. IsaacWatts has been...
minister and hymnist IsaacWatts, based on a Christian interpretation of Psalm 98 and Genesis 3. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection The...
From all that dwell below the skies, a paraphrasing of Psalm 117 by IsaacWatts with the Doxology as the final verse, is commonly sung to the tune. In...
poem "Against Idleness and Mischief" by IsaacWatts, which is what Alice was originally trying to recite. Watts' poem begins "How doth the little busy...
Islam, W. M. Watt, Ishak Stories of the Prophets, Kisa'i; Ibn Kathir, The Story of Isaac and Jacob Lives of the Prophets, L. Azzam, Isaac and Jacob Stories...
IsaacWatt Boulton (1823–1899) was a British engineer and founder of the locomotive-hire business known as Boulton's Siding. Isaac Boulton was born at...
The hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" was written by IsaacWatts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being...
7 April 2019. Watts, Isaac (1851). Melancthon Worcestor, Samuel (ed.). The Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of the Rev. IsaacWatts: To which are added...
years later to design London's only public statue to Dr IsaacWatts, it was situated in Dr Watts' Walk in front of the Abney Park Chapel. Endorsement of...
Isaac Newton Watt (1821–1886) was a soldier, merchant and a Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand in the mid-to-late 19th century. He was born...
by the approximately 750 hymns composed by IsaacWatts (1674–1748), followed by the almost tenfold Watts' output[clarification needed] composed a generation...
the American South. Another theory notes foundations in the works of IsaacWatts and others.[unreliable source?] Moreover, the genre arose during a time...
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the usual image of poets in a number of ways. A hymnographer such as IsaacWatts who wrote 700 poems in his lifetime, may have their lyrics sung by millions...
man who holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering scales. — IsaacWatts The following table compares the Gregorian dates on which the Sun enters...
the Sidney Psalms by Philip Sidney, and settings by George Herbert and IsaacWatts. One of the best known metrical versions of Psalm 23 is the Christian...
Isaac is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam...
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