Eric James Bodington was an eminentAnglican priest^[1] and author in the early decades of the twentieth century.^[2]

Born on 17 December 1862, he was educated atBrasenose College, Oxford^[3] andordained in 1886.^[4] After acuracy at St George,Fordington he wasrector of Christ Church,Burgersdorp, South Africa and thenWarden of St Peter's Home,Grahamstown. Returning to England in 1894 he heldincumbencies atOsmington,^[5]Potterne^[6] andCalne.^{[citation needed]} He wasArchdeacon of Wilts from 1912^[7] to 1927; and ofDorset from 1927 until his death on 25 October 1929,^[8] during which latter time he was also aCanon Residentiary atSalisbury Cathedral.

Works by Bodington include "God and Ourselves" (1890); "A Short History and Exposition of the Apostles' Creed and of the first eight of the thirty-nine Articles of Religion" (1893); "A History of Devizes" (1903); and "God with us" (1923).

His scholarly contributions include a transcription of the 1649–1650Church Survey in Wilts, in several volumes of theWiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1918 onwards.^[9][10]

• 1862 births
• Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
• Archdeacons of Dorset
• 1929 deaths

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