William Williams Pantycelyn

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William Williams Pantycelyn was an 18th-century Welsh hymn writer and poet, often regarded as one of the chief hymnists of Wales and a leading figure in the Welsh Methodist revival.

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instanceOf Christian minister
Methodist leader
Welsh hymn writer
person
poet
alsoKnownAs Pantycelyn
Williams of Pantycelyn
burialPlace Llanfair-ar-y-bryn churchyard
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Wales
dateOfBirth 1717
dateOfDeath 1791
educatedAt Llandovery Grammar School
linked to: Llandovery College

Llwyn-llwyd Academy
linked to: Carmarthen Academy
ethnicGroup Welsh
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork Christian hymnody
religious revivalism
genre hymn
religious poetry
givenName William
hasOccupation religious writer
influenced Welsh Nonconformist worship
Welsh hymnody
languageOfWorkOrName English
Welsh
movement Welsh Methodist revival
name William Williams Pantycelyn
nativeLanguage Welsh
notableFor being one of the chief hymnists of Wales
leading figure in the Welsh Methodist revival
notableWork Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
O’er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness
occupation hymn writer
poet
preacher
placeOfBirth Carmarthenshire
Cefn-coed farm, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn
placeOfDeath Carmarthenshire
Pantycelyn
positionHeld Methodist exhorter
itinerant preacher
religion Christianity
Methodism
residence Pantycelyn farm, near Llandovery
spouse Mary Francis
wrote over 800 hymns

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Calvinist Methodism hasKeyFigure William Williams Pantycelyn
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer textAuthor William Williams Pantycelyn
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer lyricist William Williams Pantycelyn
William Williams Pantycelyn name William Williams Pantycelyn
Howell Harris collaboratedWith William Williams Pantycelyn