​CODRINGTON, OLIVER (1837–⁠)

Born May 5, 1837 : son of Rev. T. S. Codrington, Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts : educated at the Royal Free Grammar School, Marlborough, and the London Hospital : M.D. : F.S.A. : in the Army Medical Department, June, 1859–1885 : served in the New Zealand war, 1864–6 : retired with honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon-General : formerly Secretary of the Bombay Asiatic Society, now Hony. Librarian of the Royal Asiatic and Royal Numismatic Societies : has written a Manual of Musulman Numismatics and various papers on Oriental Numismatic and Archaeological subjects.