Background
Abdy was the fifth and youngest son of Thomas Abdy Abdy, of Albyns, Essex, by Mary, daughter of James Hayes, of Holliport, a bencher of the Middle Temple.
Abdy was the fifth and youngest son of Thomas Abdy Abdy, of Albyns, Essex, by Mary, daughter of James Hayes, of Holliport, a bencher of the Middle Temple.
He was educated at Felsted School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship (Bachelor 1813.
His death occurred at Bath, 12 October 1846, at the age of 56. The ODNB notes that Abdy had close contact with United States abolitionists including Maria Weston Chapman, influenced William Ellery Chapman and Lydia Maria Child.
And was involved in the formation of the (American) Anti-Slavery League.
In later life he took an interest in hydrotherapy, publishing The Water Cure. Cases of Disease cured by Cold Water (translated from the German), with remarks addressed to people of common sense, being a translation of a pamphlet by Rudolf von Falkenstein.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of National (ODNB), little is known of his life or work before or after publication of a three-volume Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America, from April 1833 to October 1834, reporting on a tour of United States penal institutions made with members of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders.