Francis Warre Warre-Cornish
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Francis Warre Warre-Cornish (8 May 1839-1916) was a British scholar and writer. He was educated at Eton College
and King's College, Cambridge
. He was a master (1861) and subsequently Vice-Provost of Eton, from 1893 to 1916.
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
. He was a master (1861) and subsequently Vice-Provost of Eton, from 1893 to 1916.
Works
- A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1898, based on William SmithWilliam Smith (lexicographer)Sir William Smith Kt. was a noted English lexicographer.-Early life:Born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents, he was originally destined for a theological career, but instead was articled to a solicitor. In his spare time he taught himself classics, and when he entered University College...
's Dictionary - (transl.) The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus, 1904
- The Letters and Journals of William Johnson CoryWilliam Johnson CoryWilliam Johnson Cory , born William Johnson, was an educator and poet, born at Torrington, and educated at Eton, where he was afterwards a renowned master, nicknamed Tute by his pupils...
, 1907 - Chivalry, 1908
- A History of the English Church in the Nineteenth Century, 2 volumes, 1910
- Darwell Stories, 1910
- Jane Austen, English Men of LettersEnglish Men of LettersEnglish Men of Letters was a series of literary biographies written by leading literary figures of the day and published by Macmillan, under the general editorship of John Morley. The original series was launched in 1878, with Leslie Stephen's biography of Samuel Johnson, and ran until 1892...
, second series, 1913 - Life of Oliver Cromwell
- Sunningwell