[1] In 1871 he was an assistant teacher at “Whalley Range School”, Chorlton Road, Manchester, which was run by Duncan Christie Fergusson.

[citation needed] In 1876 Caldecott went to St John's College, Cambridge to read the Moral Sciences Tripos and he took First Class honours in 1880.

He was one of the founders of the Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club and the first meeting took place on 19 October 1878 in his rooms at St John's.

[citation needed] Caldecott wrote several books on religious subjects including: English Colonialism and the Empire (1891)and The Philosophy of Religion in England and America (1901).

[citation needed] A portrait of Alfred painted by his brother Randolph Caldecott hangs in the Liverpool Academy of Arts.