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Augustus Montague Toplady / ˈtɒpləˌdiː / (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages".
Augustus Toplady. Full Name: Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778. Birth Year: 1740. Death Year: 1778. Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army.
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Mar 26, 2020 · Augustus Montague Toplady was born at Farnham, England, on November 4, 1740, the son of a Major Richard Toplady. who died in the service while his son was in infancy. Later young Toplady graduated from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and was ordained in 1762 to the ministry of the Anglican Church.
Feb 19, 2020 · Augustus Montague Toplady was born in 1740 and died in 1778, at the age of thirty-seven. Let’s look at those thirty-seven years. His father, an officer in the Royal Marines, died as Augustus was just turning two. He died of yellow fever during a military campaign.
Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778. Notes from Dr. Julian's Hymnology: Toplady was born at Farnham in Surrey on Nov. 4th. 1740. His father, Richard Toplady, was a Major in the British Army, and was killed at the siege of Carthagina (1741) soon after the birth of his son.
Apr 28, 2010 · Augustus Montague Toplady, clergyman and writer, was born November 4, 1740, at Farnham, about 20 miles southwest of Windsor, England. He studied at the Westminster School for a while, but was sent to Ireland in 1755, the same year as his conversion.
