Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)

Augustus Toplady

English Anglican cleric and hymn writer (1740–1778)

Augustus Montague Toplady was an English 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". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone", "Deathless Principle, Arise" and…