Clara Codd

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Clara Codd 's career in print spanned fifty years. Beginning in 1916 with her Theosophy for Very Little Children, she was a prolific writer of Theosophical texts. She also wrote poetry and an autobiography. She published for audiences of all ages, her most notable works being her edition of Madame Blavatsky 's The Key to Theosophy, her interpretation of Pataňjali's Yoga Sutras and her autobiography. Her work was rarely reviewed.
Monochrome studio portrait of Clara Codd, c. 1910. She is standing behind a table, a book in her left hand. She has a neutral expression, and wears a dark dress with white detail around the sleeves and on the lower half of the bodice, as well as a long bead necklace.

Milestones

10 October 1876

CC was born at Pill House, Bishops Tawton, in North Devon.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1916

CC published what was apparently her first book, Theosophy for Very Little Children, through the Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras, India. She followed it with many more Theosophy-based publications.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1951

CC published her autobiography, So Rich a Life, through the Institute for Theosophical Publicity in Pretoria, South Africa.
Codd, Clara. So Rich a Life. Caxton Limited.
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1968

CC published her final practical guide, Trust Yourself to Life, with the Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras, India.
Codd, Clara. Trust Yourself to Life. The Theosophical Publishing House.
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3 April 1971

CC died at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire, of heart failure. She was ninety-four.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth

10 October 1876

CC was born at Pill House, Bishops Tawton, in North Devon.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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