Charles G. Addison (1812–1866)
Auteur van The History of the Knights Templars, The Temple Church, and the Temple
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Charles G. Addison was an English barrister and historical, travel, and legal writers during the nineteenth century. He is the author of Damascus and Palmyra, The Temple Church, and two legal textbooks, a Treatise on the Law of Contracts and Wrongs and their Remedies, a Treatise on the Law of Torts.
Werken van Charles G. Addison
Knights Templars and the Complete History of Masonic Knighthood from the Origin of the Orders to the Present Time (1900) 9 exemplaren
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The Knights Templar And The Church: The History Of The Knights Templar - A Story Of Power, Greed, Betrayal And Mystery (2008) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Addison, Charles Greenstreet
- Geboortedatum
- 1812-04-01
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1866-02-19
- Graflocatie
- Brompton Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- United Kingdom
- Geboorteplaats
- Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Alfred-Place-West, South Kensington, London
- Woonplaatsen
- Middlesex, England, UK
- Beroepen
- English Barrister
historical writer
travel writer
legal writer - Korte biografie
- He was the son of W. Dering Addison, of Maidstone. He was elected to the bar in 1842, joined the home circuit; he was a revising barrister for Kent. In 1848 he married Frances Octavia, twelfth child of the Honourable James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie, by whom he left seven children.
In 1838 he published Damascus and Palmyra, describing a journey in the Middle East. He then wrote a History of the Knight Templars, the first two editions of which appeared in 1842 and a third in 1852. In 1843 he published another historical work on the Temple Church. He was best known as the author of two legal text-books, a Treatise on the Law of Contracts, 1845, and Wrongs and their Remedies, a Treatise on the Law of Torts, 1860, which went through several editions in the UK and US.
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Don't waste your money on this. Buy "Dungeon, Fire and Sword" instead.
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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- Populariteit
- #85,638
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- 3.4
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- ISBNs
- 27
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Written in the 1800's. Latin abounds. It is a well researched book and interesting given the views of the author pre-date, by some margin, modern thinking and understanding of the Templars. It is challenging to read and I did read about matters that are not well covered in other Templar books.