Manuel Codorniu

Manuel Codorniu
Portrait by José Vallejo y Galeazo (1855)
Senator for Tarragona
In office
1841–1843
MonarchIsabella II of Spain
Preceded byAntonio Rodes
Deputy for Castellón to the Constituent Cortes
In office
13 November 1854  2 September 1856
MonarchIsabella II of Spain
Personal details
Born
Manuel Codorniu y Ferreras

(1788-06-01)1 June 1788
Esparreguera, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia
Died18 July 1857(1857-07-18) (aged 69)
Madrid, Spain
ChildrenAntonio Codorniu y Nieto
ParentManuel Codorniu Vidal
Alma materUniversity of Cervera

Manuel Codorniu y Ferreras (1 June 1788 – 18 July 1857) was a Spanish military physician, educator and publisher who served in the Senate (1841–1843) and in the Constituent Cortes (1854–1856) of his native country.

During his lifetime, he headed several medical and political publications —including El Sol, an influential masonic newspaper that actively opposed Mexican Emperor Agustín de Iturbide in the 1820s— and started an education program in Mexico based on the works of Joseph Lancaster.