WESLEY, JOHN
\wˈɛslɪ], \wˈɛslɪ], \w_ˈɛ_s_l_ɪ]\
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(1703-1791), of England, was the founder of the society called in derision the "Methodists," because of their methodical habits. From 1735 to 1738 he labored in Georgia. He formed a Methodist society in London. In 1769 some of his followers introduced Methodism in America.
By John Franklin Jameson
