Henry John Cody

Henry John Cody
6th President of the University of Toronto
In office 1932–1944
Preceded by	Robert Falconer
Succeeded by	Sidney Earle Smith
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office 1918–1920
Preceded by	Robert Allan Pyne
Succeeded by	Alexander Cameron Lewis
Constituency	Toronto Northeast - Seat A
Personal details
Born	December 6, 1868 Embro, Ontario
Died	April 27, 1951 (aged 82)
Alma mater	University of Toronto

Henry John Cody (December 6, 1868 – April 27, 1951) was a Canadian clergyman and President of the University of Toronto from 1932 to 1945 and Chancellor from 1944 to 1947.

Born in Embro, Ontario, the eldest son of Elijah Cody and Margaret Louisa Torrance, he attended Gait Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto. He was ordained a Church of England priest in 1894 and later served in Toronto at St. Paul's, Bloor Street.

Public life

He was an Ontario MPP for Toronto Northeast — Seat A from 1918 to 1920 and was Minister of Education from 1918 to 1919.

Academic life

Cody maintained a great interest in the University of Toronto throughout his life. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the University of Toronto which reported in 1906,^[1] and later was the Chairman of the Royal Commission on University Finances that reported in 1921.^[2] In 1917 he was appointed a member of the University of Toronto's board of governors, and from 1923 to 1932 served as Chairman. He would later become President of the university in 1932, and then its Chancellor in 1944.

Honours

He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1943.

Cody's son, Maurice, has a K-6 school named after him in Toronto. At the University of Toronto Schools, the Cody house in the intramural house system is named in his honour.

Further reading

• Masters, Donald Campbell (1995). Henry John Cody: An Outstanding Life. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-219-9.

References

1. "Report of the Royal Commission on the University of Toronto". Toronto: King's Printer. 1906.
2. "Report of the Royal Commission on University Finances". Toronto: King's Printer. 1921.

External links

• Henry John Cody at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Zorra boys at home and abroad; or How to succeed
• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Archival papers held at University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services