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William Johnson Cory

British writer

Died when: 69 years 154 days (833 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

William Johnson Cory

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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