司可福

司可福出生于美国伊利诺州，但在美国内战期间他加入了南方军队（Confederate Army）田纳西第7步兵团一年。1866年他在圣路易斯在brother-in-law的律师事务所工作，1869年进入堪萨斯律师席，1871年作为共和党人当选进入堪萨斯州立法机构，1872年成为堪萨斯地区的

1883年，司可福被按立成为一个公理会

1888年，司可福参加Niagara Bible Conference，在那里遇到了到中国的先锋传教士戴德生. 二人成为终生的朋友

司可福

1895年，司可福

不久，司可福离开了自由化的公理会，加入美南长老会并搬到纽约市，

• Joseph M. Canfield, The Incredible Scofield and His Book, (Vallecito, California: Ross House Books, 1988); flawed by anti-Scofield bias.
• John Gerstner, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, (Brentwood, Tennessee: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1991).
• John D. Hannah. "Scofield, Cyrus Ingerson", American National Biography.
• Ernest R. Sandeen, The Roots of Fundamentalism, British and American Millenarianism, 1800-1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970).
• Charles G. Trumball, The Life Story of C. I. Scofield (New York: Oxford University Press, 1920); flawed by pro-Scofield bias.
• Ruth Tucker, From Jerusalem to Irian Java: A Biographical History of Christian Missions (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983).

• C. I. Scofield books页面存档备份，存于
• Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth (by C. I. Scofield)页面存档备份，存于
• Ernest Reisinger, "A History of Dispensationalism in America." Criticism of dispensationalism by a Southern Baptist with a Reformed perspective.