Henry Coddington

Henry Coddington (1798/9, Oldbridge, County Meath — 3 March 1845, Rome) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, fellow and tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge and Church of England clergyman.

Admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1816, Coddingtion graduated BA as Senior Wrangler in 1820,[2] and first Smith's prizeman; proceeded M.A.

He retired to the college living of Ware in Hertfordshire, and in the discharge of his clerical duties burst a blood-vessel, thereby fatally injuring his health.

[2] Advised to try a southern climate, he travelled abroad, and died at Rome 3 March 1845.

[3] He married a daughter of Dr. Batten, principal of Haileybury College, and left seven children.