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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.
William Johnson Cory: on education. 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.
9 lug 2019 · A 59 page booklet on education and pedagogy by William Johnson Cory (1923-1892). Originally published by Macmillan and Co., 1867. Reprinted by the Halcyon-Commonwealth Foundation, 1964, without adding a new copyright statement.
William Johnson (1823-1892) came up to King’s from Eton in 1842. He was made a Fellow in 1845 and later that year became an Assistant Master at Eton. He was instrumental in designing the competitive Scholarships and Fellowships at King’s during the Victorian reforms.
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.
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.
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.
