Introduction

Biography

Studdert-Ken­ne­dy was edu­cat­ed at Leeds Gram­mar School; Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Dub­lin; and Rip­on Cler­gy Col­lege.

He ini­tial­ly served as cur­ate at Rug­by, then in 1914 be­came vic­ar of St. Paul’s, Wor­ces­ter.

When World War I began, he vol­un­teered as a mi­li­ta­ry chap­lain. Given the nick­name Wood­bine Wil­lie for his hab­it of dis­trib­ut­ing ci­ga­rettes to sol­diers, he was noted for his brav­ery un­der fire. In 1917, he re­ceived the Mi­li­ta­ry Cross af­ter run­ning in­to no man’s land at Mes­sines Ridge to com­fort the in­jured.

In 1922, Stud­dert-Ken­ne­dy was put in charge of St. Ed­mund King and Mar­tyr in Lom­bard Street, Lon­don.

Works

• Rough Rhymes of a Pa­dre, 1918
• More Rough Rhymes, 1919
• Lies, 1919
• Democracy and the Dog-Col­lar, 1921
• Food for the Fed Up, 1921
• The Wick­et Gate (Lon­don: 1923)
• The Sor­rows of God, and Oth­er Po­ems, 1924
• The Word and the Work, 1925
• The War­ri­or, the Wo­man, and the Christ (Lon­don: Hod­der & Stough­ton: 1928)