John Cennick
British evanglist and hymnwriter
Died when: 36 years 204 days (438 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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John Cennick (12 December 1718 – 4 July 1755) was an English Methodist and Moravian evangelist and hymnwriter.He was born in Reading, Berkshire, England to an Anglican family and raised in the Church of England.
According to Moravian Bishop E.R.Hasse, Cennick's family was from Bohemia, and left as a result of persecutions following the Battle of White Mountain.
In England, his family became Quakers when his grandfather became influenced by George Fox.
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