At a glance
- Age
- 70
- Born
- December 2, 1860
- From
- Spratton
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
Biography
Most people meet him through a line quoted in sermons or shared as a caption, and then want to know who was speaking. The short answer: an English cricketer who became a missionary, and whose name still circulates among audiences who have never watched a match in their lives.
Charles Thomas Studd — usually written C. T. Studd — was born in Spratton on 2 December 1860. He played cricket, and he later worked as a missionary, the two facts that account for the shape of his reputation. The pairing is what gives his words their weight for readers today: a man known for sport who is remembered chiefly for leaving it behind.
He was also a writer, contributing to The Fundamentals, the collection of essays that set out a conservative Protestant position and gave fundamentalism its name. He died on 16 July 1931.
Charles Thomas Studd — usually written C. T. Studd — was born in Spratton on 2 December 1860. He played cricket, and he later worked as a missionary, the two facts that account for the shape of his reputation. The pairing is what gives his words their weight for readers today: a man known for sport who is remembered chiefly for leaving it behind.
He was also a writer, contributing to The Fundamentals, the collection of essays that set out a conservative Protestant position and gave fundamentalism its name. He died on 16 July 1931.
