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| − | '''Isaac Watts'''(1674-1748). Born [[Southampton]]. Most well known as a hymn writer. There is no concrete evidence Watts was LGBT+ but it is a strong possibility. He closely befriended [[Thomas Gunston]] (who sadly died young, just as they were about to set up house together). Watts wrote an epic poem 'The Dacian Battle' which was praised by Doctor Samuel Johnson and which features two dead gay Ottoman princes. Thomas Wright's life of Isaac Watts mentions Watts's invitation to his lifelong friend Samuel Say to "share a bed". A hymn tune by Watts is played on the chimes of [[Southampton]] Civic Centre clock. | + | '''Isaac Watts'''(1674-1748). Born [[Southampton]]. Most well known as a hymn writer. There is no concrete evidence Watts was LGBT+ but it is a strong possibility. He closely befriended [[Thomas Gunston]] (who sadly died young, just as they were about to set up house together)<ref> Thomas Wright's ''The Life of Isaac Watts (1914)'' refers to Gunston (p 48)</ref>. Watts wrote an epic poem 'The Dacian Battle' which was praised by Doctor Samuel Johnson and which features two dead gay Ottoman princes. Thomas Wright's life of Isaac Watts mentions Watts's invitation to his lifelong friend Samuel Say to "share a bed" <ref> op cit page 164 </ref>. A hymn tune by Watts is played on the chimes of [[Southampton]] Civic Centre clock. |
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Latest revision as of 13:25, 11 December 2020
Isaac Watts(1674-1748). Born Southampton. Most well known as a hymn writer. There is no concrete evidence Watts was LGBT+ but it is a strong possibility. He closely befriended Thomas Gunston (who sadly died young, just as they were about to set up house together)[1]. Watts wrote an epic poem 'The Dacian Battle' which was praised by Doctor Samuel Johnson and which features two dead gay Ottoman princes. Thomas Wright's life of Isaac Watts mentions Watts's invitation to his lifelong friend Samuel Say to "share a bed" [2]. A hymn tune by Watts is played on the chimes of Southampton Civic Centre clock.
