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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 (* als William Johnson am 9. Januar 1823 in Great Torrington, Devon; † 11. Juni 1892 in Hampstead) war ein britischer Dichter und Pädagoge am Eton College . Er hieß zunächst William Johnson und änderte 1872 seinen Nachnamen in Cory. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Zitat. 3 Schriften. 4 Literatur. 5 Weblinks. 6 Einzelnachweise.
William Johnson Cory (* als William Johnson am 9. Januar 1823 in Great Torrington, Devon; † 11. Juni 1892 in Hampstead) war ein britischer Dichter und Pädagoge am Eton College. William Johnson Cory. Er hieß zunächst William Johnson und änderte 1872 seinen Nachnamen in Cory. Leben.
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 ...
William Johnson Cory. 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. He wrote verse in both English and Latin.
views 2,381,820 updated. 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.
(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. His long association ...
