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William Johnson Cory (9 January 1823 – 11 June 1892), born William Johnson, was an English educator and poet. He was dismissed from his post at Eton for encouraging a culture of intimacy, possibly non-sexual, between teachers and pupils. He is widely known for his English version of the elegy Heraclitus by Callimachus .
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William Johnson Cory. English schoolmaster and author, son of Charles Johnson of Torrington, Devonshire, was born on the 9th of January 1823. He was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he gained the chancellor’s medal for an English poem on Plato in 1843, and the Craven Scholarship in 1844.
William Johnson Cory (quoted in Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters, ed. Rupert Hart-Davis, 2 (1979) 19-20. "At school you are engaged not so much in acquiring knowledge as in making mental efforts under criticism. A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain; nor need you regret the hours you spent on ...
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. William Johnson Cory, 1823–92, English poet and classicist. He was assistant master at Eton from 1845 to 1872. His verse, of which Ionica (1858) is the best known, consists primarily of imitations and translations of the Greek and Latin poets.
Scholars. (1823–92). The English poet William Johnson Cory wrote verse in several different languages. Many of his poems dealt with youthful experiences and school life, subjects he knew well from his own days as a student and his many years as an educator. He was born William Johnson on Jan. 9, 1823, in Torrington, Devon, England.
William Johnson Cory, born William Johnson, was an English educator and poet. He was born in Devon and educated at Eton, where he later became a celebrated master. He went on to King’s College, Cambridge, winning a poetry prize in 1843 and the Craven scholarship in 1844.
William Johnson Cory. Contents. 1 Works. 1.1 Poems. 1.2 Non-Fiction. 2 Works about Cory. Works [ edit] Poems [ edit] Ionica (1858), anon. ( external scan) A Ballad for a Boy. Heraclitus. Mimnermus in Church. Non-Fiction [ edit] A Guide to Modern English History: 1815-1830 ( external scan)
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