Isaac Watts

Musician · 1674–1748 · Southampton, England
Best known for Songwriter

Isaac Watts (1674–1748) was an English Congregational minister and hymn writer, often called the godfather of English hymnody, who wrote the words of “Joy to the World.”

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  • Born in Southampton.
  • Credited with some 750 hymns, among them “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” and “O God, Our Help in Ages Past.”
  • Published “Joy to the World” in 1719 in The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament.

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