Edwin Foster CODDINGTON For sources please contact coddgenealogy at gmail d0t com
David CODDINGTON
(1828-1860)
Mary HILL
(1832-1917)
Calvin MORRIS
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Achsah NICHOLS
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James Harvey CODDINGTON
(1849-1936)
Lydia Jane MORRIS
(1847-1932)

Edwin Foster CODDINGTON
(1870-)

 

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Cora Harriet STONER

Edwin Foster CODDINGTON 57,912

  • Born: 24 Jun 1870, Section 2, Brown Twp., Miami Co., Ohio
  • Marriage: Cora Harriet STONER on 14 Sep 1899 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA 919

  General Notes:

"Edwin Foster Coddington was born on June 24, 1870 in Miami County, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University, Columbus until 1897, receiving a master degree in astronomy (in 1902 he received a PhD from the University of Berlin). He went to Lick Observatory getting a fellowship for four years (August 1897- June 1900). There he found a new comet in June 1898 (1898 VII Coddington-Pauly) and three minor planets in October the same year (Ohio, Theodora, Edna) with the 12" refractor. For most of his photographic work he used the 6" Crocker-Telescope (Willard lens; see picture). Most famous is his image of the Andromeda Nebula (PASP 10, 45, 1898). With the same instrument Coddington discovered a new nebula on April 17, 1898: IC 2574, later known as "Coddington Nebula"; see A Large New Nebula in Ursa Major, PASP 10, 123 (1898). After his time at Lick he went back to Ohio State University as (assistant) Professor for Mathematics. In 1925 he became Professor for Mechanics, working on the field of geodetic engineering until his retirement in 1940. He developed methods using the sun and stars for surveying. Coddington died on December 21, 1950 in Columbus." (ex Wolfgang Steinicke) 934

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Brown Twp., Miami Co., Ohio, USA. 927


Edwin married Cora Harriet STONER on 14 Sep 1899 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA.919 (Cora Harriet STONER was born on 12 Aug 1874 in , , Ohio, USA 842,919 and died on 18 Dec 1957 in , San Mateo Co., California 842.)



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