| Addison, Joseph 1672-1719. English essayist whose witty and elegant works appeared in The Tatler, founded by Richard Steele in 1709, and The Spectator, founded by Addison and Steele in 1711. Ad'di·so'ni·an (-sō'nē-ən) adj. |
Addison Ad·di·son (ād'ĭ-sən), Thomas. 1793-1860.
English physician who first described (1849) Addison's disease and Addison's anemia.