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William Johnson Cory

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Also known as William Johnson

English educator and poet (1823-1892)

Person · Open Library

Born
1823
Died
1892
Works
16

Top works

  • The imperial cyclopaedia of machinery, being a series of plans, sections, and elevations of stationary, marine and locomotive engines, spinning machinery, grinding mills, tools, &c. including several of the most useful and impotant machines from the great exhibition, with descriptive letterpress
  • Heraclitus
  • Key to Lucretilis
  • Iophon
  • On the education of the reasoning faculties

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
_editvgmvideo game music

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
14
Total plays
66

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Quotes

  • They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead,They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.
  • Still are thy pleasant voices, thy nightingales, awake;For Death, he taketh all away, but them he cannot take.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Place of birth
Great Torrington
Place of death
Hampstead
Occupation
writer
Educated at
King's College
Languages spoken
English language
Image
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writing language
English language
date of birth
1823-01-09
date of death
1892-06-11
Commons category
William Johnson Cory
Sources (1)

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to William Johnson Cory, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 5 languages

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