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Charles William Stubbs
1845–1912
A church leader and writer with a strong social conscience, he was known for bringing faith, public life, and concern for ordinary working people into the same conversation. His books and sermons reflect a practical, humane voice shaped by both scholarship and reform-minded energy.
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Cambridge and Its Story
by Charles William Stubbs
About the author
Born in Liverpool in 1845, Charles William Stubbs was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He became an Anglican clergyman and went on to hold several parish posts before being appointed Bishop of Truro in the early twentieth century.
Stubbs was remembered not only as a churchman but also as a writer who cared deeply about social questions. Contemporary accounts and later reference works describe his interest in the lives of working people and in public issues beyond the pulpit, which gave his religious writing a grounded, engaged character.
He also published books, including The Story of Cambridge. He died in 1912, leaving behind a reputation for liberal views, pastoral warmth, and a serious commitment to social reform.