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C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison
1812–1866
An English barrister who wrote with equal ease about medieval history, travel, and the law, leaving behind books that stayed useful long after his lifetime. Best known today for works on the Knights Templars and on contracts and torts, he brought a clear, practical voice to wide-ranging subjects.
2 Audiobooks
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple
by C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison
The Knights Templars
by C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison
About the author
Born in Maidstone on April 1, 1812, Charles Greenstreet Addison was an English barrister and a prolific writer on legal, historical, and travel subjects. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1842, practiced on the home circuit, and also served as a revising barrister for Kent.
His books show an unusually broad range. Early on, he published Damascus and Palmyra, drawn from eastern travel, and he also wrote The History of the Knights Templars and a work on the Temple Church. Alongside these historical titles, he became especially well known for legal treatises such as A Treatise on the Law of Contracts and A Treatise on the Law of Torts, works that were reissued and adapted in later editions after his death.
Addison died on February 19, 1866. What makes him memorable is the mix in his writing: a lawyer’s eye for detail, a historian’s curiosity, and a talent for explaining complicated material in a way that kept his books in circulation for many years.