biography
pronunciation:
[whitfeeld]
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| lived:
| (1714–70)
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| biography:
| Methodist evangelist, born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, SWC England, UK. Associated with the Wesleys at Oxford and on their mission to Georgia, he became an enthusiastic evangelist. He founded no distinct sect, but had many adherents in Wales and Scotland, who formed the Calvinistic Methodists. The Countess of Huntingdon appointed him her chaplain, and built and endowed many chapels for him. He made several visits to America, where he founded an orphanage, and played an important role in the Great Awakening. |
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