■Waddheam (or GonDAMUs),ADAM,D,D,, an Eng- lish Franciscan of Norwich, was professor at Oxford, He died in 13.58. His Commentary on the Sentences was published at Paris in 1512, See Mosheim, IJist. of the Church, bk. iii, cent, xiv, pt, ii, ch, ii.
"Wadding, Lukk, a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, was born at Waterford, Ireland, Oct. 16, 1588. He stud- ied theology in Portugal; joined the Franciscan Order in 1605; became professor of divinity at the LTniversity of Salamanca; removed to Rome in 1618, where he foimded in 1625 the College of St. Isidore for Irish Fran- ciscans; took part with the Jansenists in the famous controversy of that name, but retracted his views upon the puldication of the papal bull of condemnation ; and was procurator of the Franciscans at Rome from 1630 to 1634; and vice-commissary from 1645 to 1648. He died at Rome Nov. 18, 16.J7, Among his works are, The History and Bibliography of the Franciscans, \n the A nnules Ordinis Minorum: — an edition of the Works of Duns Scotus : — and Scriptores Ordinis Minorum.
\A7'addington, Ed'ward. D.D.. an English prel- ate, was bishop of Chicliester from 1724 until his death, in 1731. He published some Sermons in 1718, 1721, and 1729.
Waddington, George, D.D., an English <livine, traveller, and historian, was born Sept. 7, 1793. He was educated at the Charter-house, London, and Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1815; and he
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was subsequently elected fellow of Trinity Cullege. He devoted liiinself for a considerable period to Oriental travel, ami was for some years vicar of jNIasham, York- shire. In 1840 he was installed dean of Durham, and in 18-11 became first warden of the University of Dur- hanfi. He was generous in his charities, and a strong supporter of liberal opinions. He died at Durham, July 20, 18G9. His principal works are, Journal of a Visit to Some Parts of Ethiopia (1822): — A Visit to Greece in 1823 and 1824 (1825) :— TAe Present Condition and Prospects of the Greek or Oriental (yiiirrh,Qtc. (1829): — Histori/ of the Church from the Earliest Af/es to the Reformation (1835): — /history of the Reformation on the Continent (1841): — and Three Lectuirs on National Education (1845). See Etir/lish Ci/clopccdia, s. v.
Waddle, Hknma-min, D.D., a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, was born in Ohio County, Ya., June 2, 1802. At twenty-one years of age lie commenced making preparation for the ministry. He received his classical education at Wheeling Academy. At the so- licitation of Rev. Dr. Samuel Findley, he went to Wash- ington, O., to assist him in a grammar-school. In No- vember, 1820, lie entered the theological seminary at Pittsburgh, from whence he graduated. He was licensed to preach at Washington April 28, 1828, and accepted a call to Jonathan Creek, Rush Creek, Thornville, and Zanesville, and the following ]\Iay was ordaineil. He remained over this charge seven years, wlieu be accept- ed a call to Crooked Creek, where his labors were great- ly blessed. He remained there six years, during which time he was instrumental in founding Muskingiun Col- lege. He was sent with Dr. Findlej^ as missionary to Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and jMissouri. In 1858 he labor- ed as a missionary at Chicago. In 1359 he took charge of a Church in Kenton, O., where he remained until 1871, when he was elected by the friends of the Bible in com- mon-schools to represent Hardin County in the Legisla- ture of Ohio. He rendered satisfaction to his constitu- ents, and maintained his character as a minister in his somewhat doubtful position. His name was a synonym of goodness. He died at Kenton in 1879. (W. P. S.)
Waddy, Samuki, Dousland, D.D., an English Wes- leyan ^Methodist minister, son of Rev. Ricliard Waddy, was born at Burton-on-Treut, Aug. 5, 1804. He was educated at the Wesleyan Academy, Woodhouse Grove, Yorkshire (1813 to 18i9). In 1820 he was apprenticed to a linen-draper in London — in an occu|)ation uncongen- ial, and to a master unscrupulous. He and his fellow- apprentice — the late Samuel Warren, M.D., LL.D., au- thor of Ten Thousand a Year, etc., and son of Dr. Sam- uel Warren, famous in Methodist history — had to sleep on the floor under the shop counter; and on account of his refusal to be implicated in the dishonesty of his master, young Waddy was soon banished to sell goods in a damp, cold, underground department, where, no cus- tomers appearing, he commenced, by the aid of a flick- ering lamp, the study of medicine. His indomitable spirit was leading the way to eminence as a medical man, when his conversion (1822) gave him to the min- istry (1825). His charges were Cambridge, Lynn (1826), Birmingham ( 1827 ), Gateshead ( 1829), Northampton (1831), Sheftield (1836), Hull (1840), Bath (1841), gov- ernorship of Wesley College, Sheffield— an institution which he had founded, and now saved — (1844-62), Chelsea (1862), Lambeth (1865), and Clifton, Bristol (1867). In 1842 he publicly opposed Sir James Gra- ham's Factories E<hication Bill, and received the thanks of lord Duncan. In 1843 he had a remarkable escape from the shipwreck of the " (^ucen," on her wa\' to Did^- lin. a thrilling account of which he published in London, and reprinted in his Life. The following spring he was again sent to Ireland on a missionary deputation. In 1859 he was elected president of conference, and re- ceived his doctorate from Weslej'an University, Conn. For many years he was treasurer of the Children's Fimd. In 1870 Dr. Waddy became supernumerary, and retired