An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry (Esprios Classics)

Hiram Corson (November 6 1828 - June 15 1911) was an American professor of literature. Corson was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He held a position in the library of the Smithsonian Institution Washington D. C. (1849-1856) was a lecturer on English literature in Philadelphia (1859-1865) and was professor of English at Girard College Philadelphia (1865-1866) and in St. Johns College Annapolis Maryland (1866-1870). In 1870-1871 he was professor of rhetoric and oratory at Cornell University where he was professor of Anglo-Saxon and English literature (1872-1886) of English literature and rhetoric (1886-1890) and from 1890 to 1903 (when he became professor emeritus) of English literature a chair formed for him. His papers are held at Cornell University.