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C. T. (Charles Thomas) Studd
1860–1931
A star English cricketer who gave up wealth and fame, he became one of the best-known Protestant missionaries of his era. His life carried him from elite schools and the cricket field to evangelistic work in China, India, and central Africa.
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The Chocolate Soldier Or, Heroism—The Lost Chord of Christianity
by C. T. (Charles Thomas) Studd
About the author
Born in England on December 2, 1860, Charles Thomas Studd first became famous as an outstanding cricketer, playing for Eton, Cambridge, and England. After a deep Christian commitment in his youth, he chose a very different path from the one his privileged background seemed to promise.
Studd became one of the Cambridge Seven, a group of young men whose decision to go to China as missionaries drew wide attention in the 1880s. He later served in India and then, in 1913, went to central Africa, where he helped launch the Heart of Africa Mission, the work that grew into WEC International.
He died in 1931, but his story has continued to be remembered for its mix of public renunciation, missionary zeal, and restless energy. He is also noted as a contributor to The Fundamentals, linking him to an important stream of early 20th-century evangelical thought.