Henry John Cody
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Henry John Cody was a Canadian
Canada
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 clergyman and President of the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
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 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
Anglican Church of Canada
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 priest in 1894 and later served in Toronto at St. Paul's, Bloor Street
St. Paul's, Bloor Street
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. He was an Ontario MPP
14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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 for Toronto Northeast — Seat A from 1918 to 1920 and was Minister of Education
Ministry of Education (Ontario)
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 from 1918 to 1919. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of St Michael and St George
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 in 1943.

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