William Johnson (1823–1872)
William Cory (1872–1892)
1823–92
Poet and schoolmaster. BA, Cambridge (King’s College), 1845; MA, 1849; fellow, King’s College, Cambridge, 1845–72. Assistant master, Eton, 1845–72. Taught classics and political economy; wrote two books of verse. Changed his surname to Cory in 1872. From 1878 to 1882, lived in Madeira, where he wrote on English history.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
ODNB.
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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