Hiram Corson
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Hiram Corson was an American
professor of literature
.
Corson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
in 1828.
His teaching career included positions at Girard College
, St. Johns College, Annapolis
, and Cornell University
. He also worked in the library of the Smithsonian Institution
.
As a professor, Corson's focus was Anglo-Saxon
and English
literature.
Books authored by Corson include A Hand-Book of Anglo-Saxon and Early English, An Elocutionary Manual, A Primer of English Verse, and An Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare
(as well as similar introductions regarding Browning
(1899) and Milton
). Corson also translated the Satires of Juvenal.
United States
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professor of literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
.
Corson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
in 1828.
His teaching career included positions at Girard College
Girard College
Girard College is an independent boarding school on a 43-acre campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Girard is for academically capable students, grades one through 12, and awards a full scholarship with a yearly value of approximately $42,000 to every child admitted to the...
, St. Johns College, Annapolis
St. John's College, U.S.
St. John's College is a liberal arts college with two U.S. campuses: one in Annapolis, Maryland and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Founded in 1696 as a preparatory school, King William's School, the school received a collegiate charter in 1784, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher...
, and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. He also worked in the library of the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
.
As a professor, Corson's focus was Anglo-Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
literature.
Books authored by Corson include A Hand-Book of Anglo-Saxon and Early English, An Elocutionary Manual, A Primer of English Verse, and An Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
(as well as similar introductions regarding Browning
Robert Browning
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:...
(1899) and Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
). Corson also translated the Satires of Juvenal.