George Richard Corner

George Richard Corner (1801–1863) was a 19th-century English antiquarian. He published many articles on the history of Southwark, across several journals, and two books on the borough.

Early life and education George Richard Corner was born in 1801, in the parish of Christ Church, Southwark, London, to the local solicitor Richard Corner (d. 1820) and his wife, Maria (née Brierley). He was the eldest of six children, four sons and two daughters; all four of Richard's sons followed their father in taking up law. One of his brothers, Arthur Bloxam Corner (1803–1861), later became the Queen's Coroner and attorney in the Queen's Bench, and another, Richard James Corner (1805–1876), was the chief justice of Gold Coast and British Honduras. At the age of 19, his father died, an event which precipitated "many difficulties", according to Corner's obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine. He was educated at Gordon House, in Kentish Town, and was admitted as an attorney in 1824.

Corner was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 28 November 1833,

Corner was also a member of and contributor to several other antiquarian societies. Corner was a member of Numismatic Society of London and British Archaeological Association, upon their foundings,

George Richard Corner died on 31 October 1863 at Queens Row, Camberwell, at the age of 62, a sudden death according to his death notice. He was buried in Nunhead Cemetery. Obituaries were published in the Gentleman's Magazine and Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. Smith memorialised Corner in the sixth volume of his Collectanea Antiqua, published 1868.