Background
Henry Coddington was the son of Latham Coddington, Rector of Timolin, Kildare.
Henry Coddington was the son of Latham Coddington, Rector of Timolin, Kildare.
Admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1816, Coddingtion graduated Bachelor as Senior Wrangler in 1820, and first Smith"s prizeman. Proceeded Master of Arts
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.
He wrote chiefly on optics, in particular An Elementary Treatise on Optics. He also made the Coddington magnifier popular.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1829.
Royal Society.
