“ CORSON, HIRAM (1828– ) , American scholar, was born on the 6th of November 1828, 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 John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland (1866–1870) . ”