Henry Coddington
British physicist
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.
Life
Henry Coddington was the son of Latham Coddington, Rector of Timolin, Kildare.
Admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1816, Coddingtion graduated BA as Senior Wrangler in 1820, and first Smith's prizeman; proceeded M.A. in 1823, and obtained a fellowship and sub-tutorship in his college. 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.
Coddington was vicar of Ware, Hertfordshire from 1832 to 1845.
Advised to try a southern climate, he travelled abroad, and died at Rome 3 March 1845.
Family
He married a daughter of Dr. Batten, principal of Haileybury College, and left seven children.
Legacy
He wrote chiefly on optics, in particular An Elementary Treatise on Optics. He also made the Coddington magnifier popular.
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