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Isaac Watts

アイザック・ウォッツ　/　あいざっく・うぉっつ

Theologian from United Kingdom

July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748　・　Southampton, United Kingdom

theologian
philosopher
poet

My Take

Most people humming "Joy to the World" have no idea they're singing words an English minister wrote three centuries ago. That's the highest compliment I can pay Isaac Watts. With some 750 hymns to his name, the man was a theologian and philosopher who could have buried his ideas in dense argument, yet he chose to make faith singable for ordinary people. I value that translation of complexity into something a child can carry. Influence that survives the collapse of empires and the turn of centuries, still on millions of lips every December, is the rarest kind of authorship there is.

Overview

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 "O God, Our Help in Ages Past".

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Isaac Watts
Name (Japanese): アイザック・ウォッツ
Reading: あいざっく・うぉっつ
Born: July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Tiger
Origin: Southampton, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: theologian / philosopher / poet / hymnwriter / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Our God, Our Help in Ages Past	—
Notable work	Come, We Who Love the Lord	—
Notable work	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	—
Notable work	Joy to the World	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

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