Background
Addison, James Thayer was born on March 21, 1887 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Morris and Ada (Thayer) Addison.
Addison, James Thayer was born on March 21, 1887 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Morris and Ada (Thayer) Addison.
Student Groton School, 1900-1905. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1909. Bachelor of Divinity, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1913.
School of Theology and Ministry, Harvard Division School, 1917. Doctor of Divinity, Theological Seminary of Virginia, 1931.
Ordained to ministry Protestant Episcopal Church, 1913. Minister in charge St. Mark’s Church, Nowata, and St. Paul’s Church, Claremore, Oklahoma, 1913-1915. Lecturer Episcopal Theological School, 1915-1917, assistant professor of history of religion and missions, 1919-1926, professor, 1926-1940.
Acting master Kirkland House, Harvard, 1932-1933. Vice president National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1940-1946. Chaplain 1st Gas Regiment, American Expeditionary Force, France, 1918-1919.
Trustee American University, Cairo, Egypt. Author: Story of the First Gas Regiment, 1919. Chinese Ancestor Worship, 1925.
Our Father’s Business, 1927. Our Expanding Church, 1930. Life Beyond Death, 1932.
The Way of Christ, 1934. The Medieval Missionary, 1936. The Lord’s Prayer, 1937.
Parables of Our Lord, 1940. The Christian Approach to The Moslem, 1942. The Episcopal Church In The United States, 1789-1931, 1951.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margaret B. Crocker, December 18, 1917. Children: Helen Crocker, Martha Lothrop.