Samuel Wesley

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:45 — Haruo

Odd that the page on the earlier Samuel Wesley doesn't even mention his position in the illustrious family, and has him listed as "Wesley_SE" despite no evidence I can see of his having had a middle initial or middle name. The page consists only of the entry from Julian, and I think it's odd Julian didn't mention that he was the father of John and Charles, but even stranger that Hymnary.org is silent on this.

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Mon, 05/14/2012 - 17:42 — hutcheson

In the original context,

In the original context, Julian has a multipage article on "Wesley Family": starting here

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:45 — dianneshapiro

Hymnary.org silent

Hymnary is a work in progress and we welcome contributions of knowledgeable volunteers, so you are welcome to contribute a better biography and add it to the information from Julian.

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 03:01 — Haruo

Thanks, Dianne and Hutcheson

I appreciate that, and when I have time to spare for it I do contribute. At the moment I'm wrapped up in trying to get the program together for our Evergreen Hymn-Sing #6, "Wesley, Watts & the AGO", and am just noting in passing things that I see may need emending. And I am wondering what the E in Wesley_SE is about.

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 08:46 — dianneshapiro

The E in Wesley

The E stood for Elder, the J stood for Junior, and the C stood for Composer, since there are 3 Samuel Wesley's in the database and it wasn't easy remembering which dates went with each person. However, we are now spelling out the first names in the identifier so I changed them, for instance to Wesley_SamuelElder.

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:55 — Haruo