Background
He was born in Old Machar, a parish and district of Aberdeen, the son of Rev. William Anderson He gained his M.A.
He was born in Old Machar, a parish and district of Aberdeen, the son of Rev. William Anderson He gained his M.A.
Studied at Craichie, then the Forfar Gram.
He was instrumental in creating Tooting Bathing-Lake in London. In 1879 he was appointed assistant Master at the Portsmouth Grammar School and curate of All Saints' church, Portsmouth. By 1891 he was Second Master at the Grammar Scool and curate of St Peter's, Portsea where he lived at 2, Clifton Terrace.
In the same year Anderson moved back to Norfolk as Rector of Foulsham. He was appointed rector of Tooting Graveney in 1897, and was elected to the LCC as an independent councillor. He was Mayor of Wandsworth in 1904–05.
He was instrumental in the creation of Tooting Public Library (1902) and Tooting Bathing-Lake (1906). He died in Tooting in 1913, where there is a memorial to him in Holy Trinity church, Tooting. Anderson House, Fountain Road, Tooting, London, is named after him.
These two storey council flats were built in 1932 as part of the Council's slum clearance programme in Tooting.
Spouse 1880, Miss Thomas.