Editing Thomas Addison (section)

==Early years==
He was born in April 1795 in [[Longbenton|Long Benton]], nearby to the northeast of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], the son of Joseph Addison, who was a grocer and flour dealer there.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=159|first=N. G.|last=Coley|title=Addison, Thomas (1795–1860)}}</ref> His father's family was [[Cumbrian]], and Thomas was attached to the family house at [[Banks, Cumbria|Banks]] near [[Lanercost]], as his personal background. Joseph Addison had married Sarah Shaw, and gone into the Shaw family business.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilks |first1=Sir Samuel |last2=Bettany |first2=George Thomas |title=A Biographical History of Guy's Hospital |date=1892 |publisher=Ward, Lock, Bowden |pages=221–222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKBbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA221 |language=en}}</ref> 

Thomas Addison attended the Long Benton parish school, run by the parish clerk, Thomas Rutter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutter's School School House, Longbenton {{!}} Co-Curate |url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/rutters-school-school-house-longbenton/ |website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk}}</ref> He then went to the [[Royal Grammar School, Newcastle|Royal Free Grammar School]] in Newcastle, where the headmaster was Edward Moises, nephew of the noted [[Hugh Moises]].<ref>{{acad|id=MSS779E|name=Moises, Edward}}</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB|id=18892|first=S. J.|last=Skedd|title=Moises, Hugh (1722–1806)}}</ref> There he gained a good knowledge of Latin.<ref name="ODNB"/>