Background
He was born in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland, and was Snell Exhibitioner to Balliol College, Oxford.
priest professor colonial clergyman
He was born in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland, and was Snell Exhibitioner to Balliol College, Oxford.
Studied at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. Glasgow College; Balliol College Oxford. Snell Exhibitioner; 1st class in Class.
Mods, and Final Classical Schools.
Master of Arts.
He matriculated on 12 October 1861, and took a first class in Classical Moderations in 1863, and a first class in the final classical schools in 1865. He left the Oratory, and became priest in charge of Lower Sydenham. At the end of the year he accepted the post of assistant to the Review
Charles Strong, of the Australian Church, Melbourne.
There was a strained relationship between Addis and Strong, the former was conservative and fond of ceremony. Addis did not seek reappointment and left Australia early in 1893.
Addis was then minister of the High Pavement Chapel (Unitarian), Nottingham, from 1893 to 1898. In 1898 he became professor of Old Testament criticism in Manchester College, Oxford.
Mr. Addis has published some articles on Biblical criticism, displaying an acquaintance with the more advanced school of German theologians of his time.
He died on 20 February 1917 in Twickenham, London, England.
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