CORSSEN, WILHELM PAUL German philologist, was born at Bremen on Jan. 20, 1820, and studied at Berlin under Bockh and Lachmann. From 1846 to 1866 he lec tured in the royal academy at Pforta (commonly called Schui pforta). In 1854 his work on the pronunciation and accent of Latin, tYber Aussprache, Vocalismus, and Betonung der latein ischen Sprache (1858-59) gained the prize offered by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. He died on June 18, 1875.