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William Johnson Cory

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English educator and poet (1823-1892)

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William Johnson Cory, 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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Lived 1823 to 1892 · aged 69
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