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Christopher Addison, Ist Viscount Addison

British statesman
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Also known as: Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison of Stallingborough, Baron Addison of Stallingborough
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Born:
June 19, 1869, Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Died:
December 11, 1951, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (aged 82)
Title / Office:
House of Lords (1937-1951), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation:
Labour Party
Liberal Party
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Christopher Addison, Ist Viscount Addison (born June 19, 1869, Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England—died December 11, 1951, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) was a British surgeon and statesman who was prominent in both Liberal and Labour governments between the wars and after World War II. Addison was educated at Trinity College, Harrogate, Yorkshire, and at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, London. He became an anatomy lecturer at St. Bartholomew’s, professor of anatomy at University College, Sheffield, and, in 1901, Hunterian professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Elected Liberal member of Parliament in 1910, he was parliamentary secretary to the Board of Education ...(100 of 327 words)

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