About George Augustus Addison
Lived 1792 – 1814 (aged 21–22). George Augustus Addison was an editor.
George Augustus Addison (1792—14 January 1815) was a British public official and writer.
Early life Addison was born in Calcutta in 1792, the son of John Addison, a civil servant in the East India Company who was at that time Judge of Natore. He was sent home at the age of five to be educated at Newcome's School in Hackney before returning to the Far East.
Career and death Like his father, Addison became a public servant and by 1814 was Private Secretary to Sir Stamford Raffles. Whilst serving in Java, he succumbed to a fever and died on .
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