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Obituary, Thomas
Addison
obituary
Aged 72 years (46 of which he had been curate of
Thornthwaite, near Keswick), the Rev. Thomas Addison; a
gentleman very emminent for his mathematical acquirements,
and equally respected in his neighbourhood as a divine, a
physician, and a lawyer. The services he rendered to the
circle of his acquaintance (too contracted for a person of
his endowments) will be long remembered with gratitude. His
income never exceeded 20l. per ann.; yet from that,
and some advantages derived from a situation which (it is
plain) could not afford much, he died possessed of more than
800l. While this affords a striking instance of the
effect of oeconomy in an individual, it furnishes a
true anecdote, not unworthy the notice of those who
collect every species of information respecting the
fashionable Tour of the Lakes.
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