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Sir Nathan Bodington (29 May 1848 – 12 May 1911) was the first Vice Chancellor of the <a href="University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a> having been Principal and Professor of <a href="Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> at the Yorkshire College since 1883.<a href="#cite_note-ODNB-1">[1]</a> From 1897 to 1901 he was also Vice-Chancellor of the <a href="Victoria_University_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria University (UK)">Victoria University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a>

Bodington was born in <a href="Aston" title="Aston">Aston</a>, Birmingham, and educated at <a href="King_Edward's_School%2C_Birmingham" title="King Edward's School, Birmingham">King Edward's School, Birmingham</a>, and <a href="Wadham_College%2C_Oxford" title="Wadham College, Oxford">Wadham College, Oxford</a>, where he studied <a href="Classics" title="Classics">classics</a>. He was a teacher at <a href="Manchester_Grammar_School" title="Manchester Grammar School">Manchester Grammar School</a> and <a href="Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a>, Professor of classics at <a href="Mason_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Mason College">Mason College</a>, (which later became <a href="Birmingham_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham University">Birmingham University</a>), and Fellow of <a href="Lincoln_College%2C_Oxford" title="Lincoln College, Oxford">Lincoln College, Oxford</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ODNB-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Draper-3">[3]</a>

Bodington was responsible for consolidating the Yorkshire College's position within the <a href="Victoria_University_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria University (UK)">Victoria University</a> and later, when the fragmentation of members occurred, for obtaining the charter for the separate university in Leeds.<a href="#cite_note-Draper-3">[3]</a> His demeanour around the 1890s was described by a colleague thus:<a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a>

<blockquote>though transplanted from an Oxford which was then almost exclusively devoted to classical studies, he adapted himself wonderfully to the direction of an institution which, always short of money, appealed for funds almost entirely on the ground of its utility to local industry. In public he has a formal, somewhat academic, manner, which was against him in his dealings with City Councillors and businessmen and suchlike: but in private he unbent and was excellent company, with a keen sense of humour. His greying beard made him look ten years older than he really was [...] Bodington was at his best in the chair at meetings of the Senate and other academic bodies, patient, courteous and impartial.</blockquote>

He was knighted in 1908.<a href="#cite_note-LonGaz-5">[5]</a>

He married Eliza, the daughter of <a href="Sir_John_Barran%2C_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet">Sir John Barran</a>, on 8 August 1907, but they had no children. As remembered by C. M. Gillespire, 'in his own house he was a charming host, but not until his happy marriage late in life was he able fully to indulge his gifts of hospitality'.<a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a>

Bodington died in <a href="Headingley" title="Headingley">Headingley</a>, <a href="Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, on 12 May 1911.<a href="#cite_note-ODNB-1">[1]</a>

In 1961, the university opened <a href="Bodington_Hall" title="Bodington Hall">Bodington Hall</a> its largest hall of residence, named after him.<a href="#cite_note-Leodis-6">[6]</a> A housing estate on this site is now called Bodington Manor.<a href="#cite_note-Manor-7">[7]</a> From 1995 to 2012, Leeds University's <a href="Virtual_learning_environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtual learning environment">virtual learning environment</a>, a Leeds-built open-source system, was known as the Nathan Bodington Building.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

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<li id="cite_note-ODNB-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_1-2">c</a> <a href="Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a> accessed 25 July 2009

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<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> Charlton, H. B. (1951) <a href="Portrait_of_a_University" title="Portrait of a University">Portrait of a University</a>, 1851-1951. Manchester: Manchester University Press; p. 140

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<li id="cite_note-Draper-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Draper_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Draper_3-1">b</a> Draper, W. (1912) Sir Nathan Bodington: a memoir. London: Macmillan

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<li id="cite_note-:0-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-1">b</a> C. M. Gillespie, 'A Retrospect', The University of Leeds Review, 1 (1948–49), 19–24 (p. 21).

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<li id="cite_note-LonGaz-5"><a href="#cite_ref-LonGaz_5-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28206/pages/9650">London Gazette</a> 17 December 1908

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<li id="cite_note-Leodis-6"><a href="#cite_ref-Leodis_6-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200654_161267">Leodis</a> Bodington Hall, Adel Lane

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<li id="cite_note-Manor-7"><a href="#cite_ref-Manor_7-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/homes-set-to-be-built-on-former-university-site-in-leeds-as-market-recovers-1-6011503">Yorkshire Evening Post 4 September 2013</a> Homes set to be built on former university site in Leeds as market recovers

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</style><cite id="CITEREFHighton2016" class="citation web cs1">Highton, Melissa (14 June 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/melissa/2016/06/14/bodington/">"Sad loss of an open VLE pioneer"</a>.</cite>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thoresby.org.uk/content/people/bodington.php">The Thoresby Society</a> Sir Nathan Bodington (1848-1911)</li></ul>

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