HIRAM CORSON
\hˈa͡ɪɹəm kˈɔːsən], \hˈaɪɹəm kˈɔːsən], \h_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_m k_ˈɔː_s_ə_n]\
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An American prose writer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 6, 1828. He became professor of rhetoric and English literature at St. John's College, Annapolis (1866). In 1870 he became professor of English language and literature, rhetoric, and oratory in Cornell, and still holds the position. Among his well-known publications are: a "HandBook of Anglo-Saxon and Early English" (1871); "An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning" (1886); "Jottings in the Text of Hamlet"; "Lectures on the English Language and Literature"; "The Aims of Literary Study"; "The Voice and Spiritual Education".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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