First studying at the College of New Jersey, present day Princeton University, from 1810 to 1813, Storrs had to drop out due to poor health.
Eventually following his father and both grandfathers who were clergyman, Storrs graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1820.
In 1828, he became a professor at the newly formed Western Reserve College and Preparatory School, in Hudson, Ohio.
During his tenure, influenced by David Garrison's writings, he became known as a vocal abolitionist,[1] collaborating with Western Reserve professors Elizur Wright and Beriah Green.
John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem about him, "To the Memory of Charles B. Storrs".