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Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
(b. Kelvedon, Essex, June 19th, 1834; d. Mentone, January 31, 1892). “The Saint and his Saviour” (1857); “John Ploughman’s Talk” (first series, 1868); “Lectures to my Students” (first series, 1875); “Eccentric Preachers” (1879); “Treasury of David” (1870–85); “Sermons in Candles” (1890), etc.; founded and edited The Sword and the Trowel.
