Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 (poet and master at Eton)
Dates and places
1823-1892, Assistant Master at Eton 1845-1872 and Fellow of King's, also 1845-1872.
Relationships
M. Rosa Caroline Guille in Maderia, 1878; 1 son, Andrew, b. 1879.
Other information
Born William Johnson; assumed the name Cory in 1872.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
14 letters from William Johnson Cory to Oscar Browning, 1851 - 1876
Most of the files contain five or more letters. Some files include letters from more than one member of a family, and the larger correspondences occupy two or more files.
Cory: Papers Relating to William Johnson Cory
Fair copies and photocopies of poems by Cory, and letters from him.
Johnson, William, 1973
3 photographs of a bust of Johnson held by Eton College with accompanying correspondence; copy of a portrait of Johnson by ?Frouse; and a photograph by Hills and Saunders.
Letters from William Cory to HB, 1861 - 1870
18 autograph letters signed.
Letters from WJC to G W E Russell, 1890
3 autograph letters signed, concerning WE Gladstone at Eton.
Letters received by Brocklebank, mostly regarding establishment of a Finance Committee, 1857 - 1865
Manuscript poems, 1840 - 1892
The file comprises fair copies of thirteen poems, some with corrections, as follows:
'A Ballad for a Boy'; 'To Britomart'; 'A Parody' (marked as unpublished); 'Chivalry' (marked as unpublished); 'Lydia' (marked as unpublished); 'Europa'; 'Phyllis' (marked as unpublished); 'A spartan shrank . . .' (marked as unpublished); 'Barine'; 'Dura fida rubecula'; 'Camilla' (marked as unpublished); 'Asterie' (marked as unpublished); 'Hypermnestera'.
Notes on the manuscripts of WJC, 1842 - 1966
The file comprises photocopies of other poems in 'Ionica'.
'On the Education of the Reasoning Faculties', 1964
Publisher: New York, The Halcyon-Commonwealth Foundation, 1964.
'W. [William] Johnson' [KC 1842], 1861
A manuscript note on the front reads 'Album I Kingsman Drawer 7'.
To request any of these photographs use call mark: Coll. Ph. 545.
'W. [William] Johnson' [KC 1842]
Photographer: Hills and Saunders.