Henry John Cody

Henry John Cody
6th President of the University of Toronto
In office 1932–1945
Preceded by	Robert Falconer
Succeeded by	Sidney Earle Smith
Personal details
Born	December 6, 1868(1868-12-06) Embro, Ontario
Died	April 27, 1951(1951-04-27) (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. He was an Ontario MPP for Toronto Northeast — Seat A from 1918 to 1920 and was Minister of Education from 1918 to 1919. 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.

References

• 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

Academic offices
Preceded by William Mulock	Chancellor of the University of Toronto 1944–1947	Succeeded by Vincent Massey