Daniel Dulany Addison (March 11, 1863 – March 27, 1936) was an American clergyman and writer. Early years Addison was born on March 11, 1863 in Wheeling, West Virginia to Thomas Grafton (1832–1896) and Maria Eliason (Addison) Addison (1836–1901), grandson of Daniel Dulany and Louise (Gordon) Addison, great-grandson of Thomas and Henrietta (Paca) Addison, grandnephew of Walter Dulany Addison, and a descendant of William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of Colonel John Addison, first ancestor in America, who was a cousin of Joseph Addison, English poet and essayist. Career He was prepared for college at Emerson Institute, Washington, D.C. He graduated from Union College in 1883, then studied at the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where graduated in 1886. He was ordained to the priesthood, becoming assistant minister of Christ Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1886 to 1889. Addison was married on February 20, 1889, in Beverly, Massachusetts, to Julia de Wolf Gibbs (1866–1952) an American writer. He became rector of St. Peter's church at Beverly, Massachusetts, from 1889 to 1895, when started his service as rector of All Saints church at Brookline, Massachusetts. Last years A member of many church societies, he gave special attention to conditions in Liberia. He was made a trustee of the College of Monrovia and in 1904 was knighted by the government of Liberia in recognition of his services. He died in Brookline, Massachusetts on March 27, 1936. He was burred in Evergreen Cemetery at Marion, Massachusetts. Bibliography Addison wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, these articles are designated by the initials "D. D. A." Among his published writings are: New England Town in the Civil War, (1890) Phillips Brooks, (1892) Lucy Larcom, Life, Letters, and Diary, (1894) All Saints Church, Brookline, (1895) The Life and Times of Edward Bass, First Bishop of Massachusetts, 1726-1803, (1897) The Clergy in American Life and Letters, (1899) The Episcopalians, (1904) References Citations Sources External links Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury 19th-century American Episcopalians 20th-century American Episcopalians History of Liberia 1863 births 1936 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Writers from Wheeling, West Virginia American Episcopal priests Religious leaders from Wheeling, West Virginia Episcopalians from West Virginia